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A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.
As A Man Thinketh (1902)
The dreamers are the saviours of the world.
As A Man Thinketh (1902)
To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to, achieve.
As A Man Thinketh (1902)
He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.
As A Man Thinketh (1902)
Composer, sculptor, painter, poet, prophet, sage, these are the makers of the after-world, the architects of heaven.
As A Man Thinketh (1902)
Act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits.
As A Man Thinketh (1902)
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you 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.
As A Man Thinketh (1902)
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.
As A Man Thinketh (1902)
Mind is the Master power that moulds and makes,
And Man is Mind, and evermore he takes
The tool of Thought, and, shaping what he wills,
Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills: —
He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass:
Environment is but his looking-glass.
As A Man Thinketh (1902)
The human will, that force unseen,
The offspring of a deathless soul,
Can hew the way to any goal,
Though walls of granite intervene.
As A Man Thinketh (1902)
Be not impatient in delays,
But wait, as one who understands.
When spirit rises and commands,
The gods are ready to obey.
As A Man Thinketh (1902)
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.
As A Man Thinketh (1902)
As you cannot have a sweet and wholesome abode unless you admit the air and sunshine freely into your rooms, so a strong body and a bright, happy, or serene countenance can only result from the free admittance into the mind of thoughts of joy and good will and serenity.
As A Man Thinketh (1902)
Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow all delightful conditions, all, heavenly environment; of these, if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.
As A Man Thinketh (1902)
Variant: Mind is the Master Power that molds and makes, And we are mind. And ever more we take the tool of thought, and shaping what we will, bring forth a thousand joys, or a thousand ills. We think in secret, and it comes to pass, environment, is but our looking glass
As A Man Thinketh (1902)
The world is your kaleidoscope, and the varying combinations of colours, which at every succeeding moment it presents to you are the exquisitely adjusted pictures of your ever-moving thoughts. So you will be, what you "will" to be.
Let failure find its false content,
In that poor word "environment,"
But spirit scorns it and is free.
As A Man Thinketh (1902)