"If you real desire is to be good,……" — James Allen
"If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are."
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97 Quotes by James Allen
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A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
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A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce…
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No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
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The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow…
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The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird…
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Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
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Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
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He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain…
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Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and…
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A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity…
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They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.
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The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind…
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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be…
— Hannah Arendt
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
— Aristotle
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
— Aristotle
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All men by nature desire knowledge.
— Aristotle
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Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
— Aristotle
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The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not…
— Aristotle
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Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.
— Richard Bach
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
— Neil Armstrong
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I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated…
— Chinua Achebe
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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric?…
— Saint Augustine
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
— Saint Augustine
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