James Lane Allen

“In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.”

“You will never do anything in this world without courage.”

“You are the one who must choose your place.”

“Man's rise or fall, success or failure, happiness or unhappiness depends on his attitude ... a man's attitude will create the situation he imagines.”

“A man is literally what he thinks.”

“You cannot escape the results of your thoughts.... Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as sma...”

“As you think, you travel, and as you love, you attract. You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.”

“In all human affairs there are efforts, there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.”

“The finest music in the room is that which streams out to the ear of the spirit in many an exquisite strain from the little shelf of books on the opposite wall. Every volume there is an inst...”

“To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.”

“Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.”

“Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.”

“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.”