Truth is nothing if not unchangeable, and in so far as a man takes his stand upon Truth does he become steadfast in virtue, does he rise superior to his passions and emotions and changeable personality.
There is an unavoidable tendency to become literally the embodiment of that quality upon which one most constantly thinks.
He must avoid quarrelling as he would avoid drinking a deadly poison.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it – Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. – Goethe.
Disease and health, like circumstances, are rooted in thought.
Change of diet will not help a man who will not change his thoughts. When a man makes his thoughts pure, he no longer desires impure food. Clean thoughts make clean habits.
Circumstances do not shape us so much as they reveal us.
He is poor who is dissatisfied; he is rich who is contented with what he has, and he is richer who is generous with what he has.
MAN’S mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth.
Circumstance does not make the man;.
Not what he wishes and prays for does a man get, but what he justly earns.
If one endure In purity of thought, joy follows him As his own shadow – sure.
The strong, calm man is always loved and revered. He is like a shade-giving tree in a thirsty land, or a sheltering rock in a storm.
Of all the beautiful truths pertaining to the soul which have been restored and brought to light in this age, none is more gladdening or fruitful of divine promise and confidence than this – that man is the master of thought, the moulder of character, and the maker and shaper of condition, environment, and destiny.
Into your hands will be placed the exact results of your own thoughts; you will receive that which you earn; no more, no less.
Thoughts of doubt and fear never accomplished anything, and never can.
All things are mirrors in which you see yourself reflected, and the gloom which you perceive in your work is but a reflection of that mental state which you bring to it. Bring a right, an unselfish, state of heart to the.
The purpose of suffering is to teach, strengthen, and purify. Do not whine and pity yourself; learn and grow from your faults and failures. Search for the hidden justice that rules your life. Instead of kicking against circumstances, use them as stair-steps to greater heights, as challenges that reveal new powers within yourself. Law, not confusion, rules the universe. Justice, not injustice, is its guiding principle. You attract what you are. You get what you give.
Every man is where he is by the law of his being;.
To think well of all, to be cheerful with all, to patiently learn to find the good in all – such unselfish thoughts are the very portals of heaven; and to dwell day by day in thoughts of peace toward every creature will bring abounding peace to their possessor.