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“A thought-form held in thinking substance is a reality; it is a real thing, whether it has yet become visible to mortal eye or not.”

“Thinking is the hardest and most exhausting of all labor; and hence many people shrink from it.”

“Wisdom is the essential basis of greatness.”

“Faith-not a faith in one's self or in one's own powers but faith in principle; in the Something Great which upholds right, and which may be relied upon to give us the victory in due time. Without this faith it is not possible for any one to rise to real greatness.”

“The answer to your prayer is not according to your faith while you are talking, but according to your faith while you are working.”

“The Principle of Power gives us just what we ask of it; if we only undertake little things, it only gives us power for little things; but if we try to do great things in a great way it gives us all the power there is.”

“Whatever you habitually think yourself to be, that you are. You must form, now, a greater and better habit; you must form a conception of yourself as a being of limitless power, and habitually think that you are that being. It is the habitual, not the periodical thought that decides your destiny.”

“Genius is the union of man and God in the acts of the soul. Great men are always greater than their deeds. They are in connection with a reserve power that is without limit.”

“You must cease from looking at human mistakes and look at successes; cease from seeing faults and see virtues.”

“The prophets and seers and great men and women, past and present, were made great by what they perceived from God, not by what they were taught by men.”

“Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich.”

“The purpose of life for man is growth, just as the purpose of life for trees and plants is growth. Trees and plants grow automatically and along fixed lines; man can grow as he will. Trees and plants can only develop certain possibilities and characteristics; man can develop any power which is or has been shown by any person anywhere. Nothing that is possible in spirit is impossible in flesh and blood. Nothing that man can think is impossible. Nothing that man can imagine is impossible of realization.”

“"Without faith it is impossible to please God," and without faith it is impossible for you to become great. The distinguishing characteristic of all really great men and women is an unwavering faith.”

“Faith When you feel deeply that a certain act is the right act, do it and have perfect faith that the consequences will be good.”

“Do not merely think that you are great; think that you are great now. Do not think that you will begin to act in a great way at some future time; begin now.”

“Do every common act as a god should do it; speak every word as a god should speak it.”

“Man must cast out of himself everything which separates him from God. He must will to live the divine life, and he must rise above all moral temptations; he must forsake every course of action that is not in accord with his highest ideals.”

“Cast out pride and vanity; have no thought of trying to rule over others or of outdoing them.”

“Intellect helps us to see the best means and manner of doing the right thing, but intellect never shows us the right thing.”

“Obey your soul, have perfect faith in yourself. Never think of yourself with doubt or distrust, or as one who makes mistakes.”

“Close your ears to all adverse suggestions. Never mind if people call you a fool and a dreamer. Dream on.”

“If you will make the necessary effort you can develop any talent.”

“You still indulge in distrustful fears that things will go wrong, or that people will betray you, or mistreat you; get above all of them.”

“Hurry is a manifestation of fear; he who fears not has plenty of time. If you at with perfect faith in your own perceptions of truth, you will never be too late or too early; and nothing will go wrong.”

“You can have nothing to fear.”

“The only service that you can render God is to give expression to what he is trying to give to the world, through you. The only service you can render God is to make the very most of yourself in order that God may live in you to the utmost of your possibilities.”

“No man has yet become so great in any faculty but that it is possible for some one else to become greater.”

“Genius is Omniscience flowing into man.”

“It is essential to his happiness that he should continually advance.”

“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.”

“Nothing was ever in any man that is not in you; no man ever had more spiritual or mental power than you can attain, or did greater things than you can accomplish. You can become what you want to be.”

“The brain does not make the man; the man makes the brain.”

“Wisdom is the power to perceive the best ends to aim at and the best means for reaching those ends.”

“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.”

“To exercise some sort of control over others is the secret motive of every selfish person.”

“Cast out envy; you can have all that you want, and you need not envy any man what he has. Above all things, see to it that you do not hold malice or enmity toward any one; to do so cuts you off from the mind whose treasures you seek to make your own. Lay aside all narrow personal ambition and determine to seek the highest good.”