Wallace Wattles - Thought Quotes

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A thought-form held in thinking substance is a reality; it is a real thing, whether it has yet become visible to mortal eye or not.

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All you need is to know what you want, and to want it badly enough so that it will stay in your thoughts.

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Gratitude unifies the mind of man with the intelligence of substance, so that man's thoughts are received by the formless.

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If it is a new thought to you that gratitude brings your whole mind into closer harmony with the creative energies of the universe, consider it well, and you will see that it is true.

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Gratitude will lead your mind out along the ways by which things come, and it will keep you in close harmony with creative thought and prevent you from falling into competitive thought.

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You must get rid of the thought of competition. You are to create, not to compete for what is already created.

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There is no labor from which most people shrink as they do from that of sustained and consecutive thought; it is the hardest work in the world

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Let your thoughts be ruled by principle, and then live up to your thoughts.

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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.

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Thought is the creative power, or the impelling force which causes the creative power to act; thinking in a Certain Way will bring riches to you, but you must not rely upon thought alone, paying no attention to personal action. That is the rock upon which many otherwise scientific metaphysical thinkers meet shipwreck–the failure to connect thought with personal action.

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Cast out pride and vanity; have no thought of trying to rule over others or of outdoing them.

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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.

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But the value of gratitude does not consist solely in getting you more blessings in the future. Without gratitude you cannot long keep from dissatisfied thought regarding things as they are.

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Whatever you habitually think yourself to be, that you are. You must form, now, a greater and better habit; you must form a conception of yourself as a being of limitless power, and habitually think that you are that being. It is the habitual, not the periodical thought that decides your destiny.

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The scientific use of thought consists in forming a clear and distinct mental image of what you want; in holding fast to the purpose to get what you want; and in realizing with grateful faith that you do get what you want.

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If you desire a thing, picture it clearly and hold the picture steadily in mid until it becomes a definite thought-form.

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Greatness is attained only by the thinking of great thoughts.

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By thought, the thing you want is brought to you. By action, you receive it

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