Man Thinketh Quote by Vic Johnson

“People are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves. That is why they remain bound.”

— James Allen

“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves.”

— James Allen

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

— James Allen

When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.

— Benjamin Haydon

“A person cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances."—As A Man Thinketh”

— Vic Johnson

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— Ivo Andrić

“a man constantly strives to improve his body and mind to deal with a threat when it arises and the situation calls for it.”

— Ryan Michler

“It is strange that when people have so much, they are so anxious about not having enough—to do, to see, to own, to fix,…

— Richard Rohr

“that men, thinking to better their condition, are always ready to change masters, and in this expectation will take up arms against any ruler;…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“Temperamentally anxious people can have a hard time staying motivated, period, because their intense focus on their worries distracts them from their goals.”

— Winifred Gallagher

“There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the real labor of thinking.”

— Thomas A. Edison