As a Man Thinketh is a bestselling self-help book by James Allen and this book was published in 1903.
This book deals with the power of thoughts and how they can shapes one’s life.
The main underlying premise of the book is that noble thoughts lead to a noble life.
Let’s go through the best quotes from James Allen’s book As a Man Thinketh.
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As a Man Thinketh Quotes by James Allen
“As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“The soul attracts that which it secretly harbours; that which it loves, and also that which it fears;” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically expressed.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“Doubt and fear are the great enemies of knowledge, and he who encourages them, who does not slay them, thwarts himself at every step.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“A particular train of thought persisted in, be it good or bad, cannot fail to produce its results on the character and circumstances. A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“He who has conquered weakness, and has put away all selfish thoughts, belongs neither to oppressor nor oppressed. He is free.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“He who would accomplish little need sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much. He who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
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Best As a Man Thinketh Quotes by James Allen
“Not what he wishes and prays for does a man get, but what he justly earns. His wishes and prayers are only gratified and answered when they harmonize with his thoughts and actions.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“As the physically weak man can make himself strong by careful and patient training, so the man of weak thoughts can make them strong by exercising himself in right thinking.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“The outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state…Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“Man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“Self-control is strength; Right Thought is mastery; Calmness is power. Say unto your heart, “Peace, be still!” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
Quotes from As a Man Thinketh
“As the reaper of his own harvest, man learns both of suffering and bliss.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“There can be no progress nor achievement without sacrifice, and a man’s worldly success will be by the measure that he sacrifices his confused animal thoughts, and fixes his mind on the development of his plans, and the strengthening of his resolution and self-reliance.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“A 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. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“Suffering is always the effect of wrong thought in some direction. It is an indication that the individual is out of harmony with himself, with the Law of his being.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
Famous As a Man Thinketh Quotes
“The dreamers are the saviors of the world. As the visible world is sustained by the invisible, so men, through all their trials and sins and sordid vocations, are nourished by the beautiful visions of their solitary dreamers.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“Let a man radically alter his thoughts, and he will be astonished at the rapid transformation it will effect in the material conditions of his life.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“A noble and God-like character is not a thing of favor or chance, but is the natural result of continued effort in right thinking, the effect of long-cherished association with God-like thoughts.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“Act is the blossom of thought; and joy and suffering are its fruits; thus does a man garner in the sweet and biter fruitage of his own husbandry.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“They who have no central purpose in their life fall an easy prey to petty worries, fears, troubles, and self-pitying, all of which are indications of weakness, which lead, just as surely as deliberately planned sins (though by a different route), to failure, unhappiness, and loss, for weakness cannot persist in a power evolving universe.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“To Desire is to Obtain to Aspire is to Achieve.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought.” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
“The “divinity that shapes our ends” is in ourselves;” ~ James Allen (quote from As a Man Thinketh).
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