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“You can never become a great man or woman until you have overcome anxiety, worry, and fear. It is impossible for an anxious person, a worried one, or a fearful one to perceive truth; all things are distorted and thrown out of their proper relations by such mental states, and those who are in them cannot read the thoughts of God.”

“There is not the least cause for worry about financial affairs; every person who wills to do so may rise above want, have all he needs, and become 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.”

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

“The average person's idea of a great man, rather than one who serves, is of one who succeeds in getting himself served.”

“A person can form things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought upon formless substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created.”

“The person who does not desire to live more abundantly is abnormal, and so the person who does not desire to have money enough to buy all he wants is abnormal.”