Every man comes into the world with a predisposition to grow along certain lines, and growth is easier for him along those lines than in any other way.
There is a genius in every man and woman, waiting to be brought forth.
The man who is wise enough to know the right thing to do, who is good enough to wish to do only the right thing, and who is able and strong enough to do the right thing is a truly great man.
Wisdom is obtained by reading the mind of God.
Resolve that you will now lay aside all else and concentrate upon the attainment of conscious unity with God.
You must learn to see the world as being produced by evolution; as a something which is evolving and becoming, not as a finished work.
This must be your point of view: that the world and all it contains is perfect, though not completed.
If you will make the necessary effort you can develop any talent.
Intellect helps us to see the best means and manner of doing the right thing, but intellect never shows us the right thing.
Cast out pride and vanity; have no thought of trying to rule over others or of outdoing them.
But the value of gratitude does not consist solely in getting you more blessings in the future. Without gratitude you cannot long keep from dissatisfied thought regarding things as they are.
Many people who order their lives rightly in all other ways are kept in poverty by their lack of gratitude.
Nothing can go wrong in this world but yourself ; and you can go wrong only by getting into the wrong mental attitude.
So surely as you find yourself in the mental attitude of haste, just so surely may you know that you are out of the mental attitude of greatness. Hurry and fear will instantly cut your connect with the universal mind.
Never look at the visible supply; always look at the limitless riches in the formless substance and know that they are coming to you as fast as you can receive and use them.
Thinking is the hardest and most exhausting of all labor; and hence many people shrink from it.
You can not retain a true and clear vision of wealth if you are constantly turning your attention to opposing pictures, whether they be external or imaginary.
Do not talk about your greatness; you are really, in essential nature, no greater than those around you.
You must cease from looking at human mistakes and look at successes; cease from seeing faults and see virtues.
There is a science of getting rich, and it is an exact science, like algebra or arithmetic. There are certain laws which govern the process of acquiring riches, and once these laws are learned and obeyed by anyone, that person will get rich with mathematical certainty.