Facts about James Allen

Occup.Author
FromUnited Kingdom
Died1912

Summary

James Allen was a famous Author from United Kingdom.

Our collection contains 32 quotes who is written / told by James, under the main topic Life.

Related authors: Anita Brookner (Historian)

32 Famous quotes by James Allen

Small: A man is literally what he thinks
"A man is literally what he thinks"
Small: The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a far
"The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a farmer who, having sown tares, asks God to bring forth for him a harvest of wheat"
Small: The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, bu
"The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth"
Small: The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you
"The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny"
Small: The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird wai
"The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities"
Small: Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and
"Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him"
Small: No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding t
"No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it"
Small: No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks
"No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks"
Small: Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves they therefore
"Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound"
Small: Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, an
"Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation"
Small: Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing
"Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful and softened by the spell of thy presence"
Small: It is a process of diverting ones scattered forces into one powerful channel
"It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel"
Small: In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the me
"In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result"
Small: If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it you can do it
"If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are"
Small: He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little he who would achieve much must sacrifice much he w
"He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly"
Small: Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love
"Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love"
Small: Happiness is mental harmony unhappiness is mental inharmony
"Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony"
Small: Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit
"Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit"
Small: For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
"For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?"
Small: Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall
"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil"
Small: Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him
"Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him"
Small: As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choices
"As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed and bloomed"
Small: All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts
"All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts"
Small: Above all be of single aim have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it
"Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it"
Small: A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life
"A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life"
Small: A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being and happiness, heal
"A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings"
Small: A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself that he cannot coerce
"A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself"
Small: To desire is to obtain to aspire is to achieve
"To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve"
Small: The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do
"The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do"
Small: The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot
"The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot"
Small: The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmnes
"The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom"
Small: The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successful
"The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it"