James Allen's 1903 classic distilled into 7 actionable cards covering all chapters • Public Domain
Based on As a Man Thinketh by James Allen (1903)
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Circumstances don't make you—they reveal you. You attract what you are, not what you want.
People often blame their circumstances for their condition, but circumstances are the outward manifestation of inner thoughts.
"Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are."
Your circumstances may be unpleasant, but they persist until you change yourself. Change your thoughts and they change too.
Suffering is not sent to punish you but to teach you. Every circumstance is sculpting your character—if you let it.
The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether deliberately chosen or automatically expressed.
Disease and health, like circumstances, are rooted in thought. Sickly thoughts express themselves through a sickly body.
"The body is a delicate and plastic instrument, which responds readily to the thoughts by which it is impressed."
Thoughts of fear and worry quickly demoralize the body and open it to disease. Bright, positive thoughts build vitality and strength.
Clean thoughts make clean habits; purity of mind shows as health in the body.
Until thought is linked with purpose, there is no intelligent accomplishment. Aimless thoughts lead to aimless lives.
A person without a central purpose is easy prey for worry, fear, and self-pity—parasites that drain life force and lead to failure.
"They who have no central purpose in their life fall an easy prey to petty worries, fears, troubles, and self-pitying."
You must conceive a legitimate purpose and make it your supreme thought, focusing all mental energy on it.
Even if you fail repeatedly, the character gained through persistent pursuit is the true measure of success.
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Foundation
Cause & Effect
Mind-Body Link
Direction
Success Formula
Dream Building
Inner Peace
A person is literally what they think. Their character is the sum of all their thoughts.
Just as a gardener cultivates plants, we cultivate our character through our thoughts. Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.
"A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild."
You cannot directly choose your circumstances, but you can choose your thoughts—and your thoughts shape everything else.
Every action springs from thought. Even our physical health, success, and relationships are rooted in our mental attitude.
Circumstances don't make you—they reveal you. You attract what you are, not what you want.
People often blame their circumstances for their condition, but circumstances are the outward manifestation of inner thoughts.
"Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are."
Your circumstances may be unpleasant, but they persist until you change yourself. Change your thoughts and they change too.
Suffering is not sent to punish you but to teach you. Every circumstance is sculpting your character—if you let it.
The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether deliberately chosen or automatically expressed.
Disease and health, like circumstances, are rooted in thought. Sickly thoughts express themselves through a sickly body.
"The body is a delicate and plastic instrument, which responds readily to the thoughts by which it is impressed."
Thoughts of fear and worry quickly demoralize the body and open it to disease. Bright, positive thoughts build vitality and strength.
Clean thoughts make clean habits; purity of mind shows as health in the body.
Until thought is linked with purpose, there is no intelligent accomplishment. Aimless thoughts lead to aimless lives.
A person without a central purpose is easy prey for worry, fear, and self-pity—parasites that drain life force and lead to failure.
"They who have no central purpose in their life fall an easy prey to petty worries, fears, troubles, and self-pitying."
You must conceive a legitimate purpose and make it your supreme thought, focusing all mental energy on it.
Even if you fail repeatedly, the character gained through persistent pursuit is the true measure of success.
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