Wallace Wattles - The Science of Getting Rich (1910)

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Go on in the certain way, and if you do not receive that thing, you will receive something so much better that you will see that the seeming failure was really a great success.

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Nothing was ever in any man that is not in you; no man ever had more spiritual or mental power than you can attain, or did greater things than you can accomplish. You can become what you want to be.

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Be as thankful for it all the time as you expect to be when it has taken form.

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You must form a clear and definite mental picture of what you want. You cannot transmit an idea unless you have it yourself.

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Give every person more in use value than you take from them in cash value.

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First, you believe that there is one intelligent substance, from which all things proceed. Second, you believe that this substance gives you everything you desire. And third, you relate yourself to it by a feeling of deep and profound gratitude.

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To do things in a way you want to do them, you will have to acquire the ability to think the way you want to think: this is the first step toward getting rich.

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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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Do all that you can do in a perfect manner every day, but do it without haste, worry or fear. Go as fast as you can, but never hurry.

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Man's right to life means his right to have the free and unrestricted use of all the things which may be necessary to his fullest mental, spiritual, and physical unfoldment or, in other words, his right to be rich.

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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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The grateful mind continually expects good things, and expectation becomes faith.

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No one ever got rich by studying poverty and thinking about poverty.

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You want to get rich in order that you may surround yourself with beautiful things, see distant lands, feed your mind, and develop your intellect; in order that you may love others and do kind things, and be able to play a good part in helping the world to find truth.

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The riches they receive will be in exact proportion to the definiteness of their vision, the fixity of their purpose, the steadiness of their faith, and the depth of their gratitude.

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You are not mentally developed by what you read, but by what you think about what you read.

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Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich.

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

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No one is kept in poverty by a shortness in the supply of riches, there is more than enough for all.

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Never admit the possibility of failure, or speak in a way that infers failure as a possibility.

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You can never get rich, or start the creative power into action, by sending out unformed longings and vague desires.

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There is no hurry. There is only God, and all is well with the world.

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You must begin to live in harmony with the laws governing the universe.

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The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way; those who do things in this Certain Way, whether on purpose or accidentally, get rich; while those who do not do things in this Certain Way, no matter how hard they work or how able they are, remain poor.

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You are not barred from attaining greatness by heredity. No matter who or what your ancestors may have been or how unlearned or lowly their station, the upward way is open for you. There is no such thing as inheriting a fixed mental position; no matter how small the mental capital we receive from our parents, it may be increased; no man is incapable of growth.

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Because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

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The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.

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There are three motives for which we live; we live for the body, we live for the mind, we live for the soul. No one of these is better or holier than the other; all are alike desirable, and no one of the three—body, mind, or soul—can live fully if either of the others is cut short of full life and expression.

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The grateful outreaching of your mind in thankful praise to the Supreme is a liberation or expenditure of force; it cannot fail to reach that to which it is addressed, and the reaction is an instantaneous movement towards you.

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