Wallace D. Wattles Quotes

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

“Hurry is a manifestation of fear.”

“There can be no real greatness without original thought.”

“You will never know what you are capable of unless you think for yourself.”

“Read less. Think more.”

“You are what you are because you think as you do.”

“The key to every man is his thought.”

“Don’t think you are going to become great. Think and act great now.”

“No great action is possible until a great thought has preceded it.”

“The brain does not make the man. The man makes the brain.”

“You will never do great things in the external world until you do great things in the internal world.”

“Nothing can be wrong except your own personal attitude. Make that right and you will know that all else is right.”

“Many people who order their lives rightly in all other ways, are kept in poverty by their lack of gratitude.”

“The grateful mind is constantly fixed upon the best; therefore it tends to become the best.”

“You must think of yourself as a being with limitless power.”

“Never think of yourself with doubt or distrust, or as one who makes mistakes.”

“Genius is the union of man and God in the acts of the soul.”

“Poise and power are inseparable.”

“If you are going to doubt anything, doubt your doubts.”

“Nothing that man can think is impossible of realization.”

“The purpose of life for man is growth.”

“Life without progress is unendurable.”

“The joy of being something and knowing you are advancing is the greatest of all joys possible.”

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

“The great ones are always courteous and kind.”

“A thought held in thinking substance is a real thing.”

“The distinguishing characteristic in all great men is an unwavering faith.”

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

“Cease being a creature of circumstances. Master your environment. If you learn this, you become one of the Gods.”

“Do, every day, all that can be done that day.”

“Give every man more in use value than you take from him in cash value, so that each transaction makes for more life.”

“It is easy to understand the nearer we live to the source of wealth, the more wealth we shall receive.”

“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.”

“The desire for riches is really the desire for a richer, fuller, and more abundant life; and that desire is praiseworthy.”

“You are to become a creator, not a competitor. You are going to get what you want, but in such a way that when you get it every other person whom you affect will have more than he has now.”