Wallace D. Wattles Quotes

Thinking is the hardest and most exhausting of all labor; and hence many people shrink from it.

The whole process of mental adjustment and atunement can be summed up in one word: Gratitude

The 'advancing man' in medicine, who holds to a clear mental image of himself as successful, and who obeys the laws of faith, purpose, and gratitude, will cure every curable case he undertakes.

Do all the work you can do, every day, and do each piece of work in a perfectly successful manner; put the power of success, and the purpose to get rich, into everything that you do.

The object of all life is development; and everything that lives has an inalienable right to all the development it is capable of attaining

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

Faith When you feel deeply that a certain act is the right act, do it and have perfect faith that the consequences will be good.

This must be your point of view: that the world and all it contains is perfect, though not completed.

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.

Nothing that is possible in spirit is impossible in flesh and blood. Nothing that man can think is impossible. Nothing that man can imagine is impossible of realization.

Wisdom is obtained by reading the mind of God.

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

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.

The average person's idea of a great man, rather than one who serves, is of one who succeeds in getting himself served.

Do not pay too much attention to the advice or suggestions of those around you.

The power which is in you, is in the things around you, and when you begin to move forward by faith, the things will arrange themselves for your advantage.

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.

Getting rich isn't about doing certain things. It's about doing things in the certain way!

Gratitude alone can keep you looking toward the all, and prevent you from falling into the error of thinking of the supply as limited, and to do that would be fatal to your hopes.

It is really not the number of things you do , but the efficiency of each separate action that counts.

A person's way of doing things is a direct result of the way he thinks about things.

No man has yet become so great in any faculty but that it is possible for some one else to become greater.

The desire for riches is simply the capacity for a larger life seeking fulfillment; every desire is the effort of an unexpressed possibility come into action.

There is a genius in every man and woman, waiting to be brought forth.

The purpose of nature is the advancement and development of life.

It is within the power of every man to become great.

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.

Always do what you feel deeply in the within to be the true thing to do.

All belief begins in the will to believe.

You are a creative center from which increase is given off to all.

Every man comes into the world with a predisposition to grow along certain lines, and growth is easier for him along those lines than in any other way.

Our gratitude liberates an energy within us that immediately expands into the formless substance, where it is instantly returned to us in kind.

The really great man is often considered selfish by a large group of people who are connected with him and who feel that he might bestow upon them more benefits than he does.

The human being lives, moves, and has his being in a limitless ocean of health-power, and he uses this power according to his faith.

The Creative Power within us makes us into the image of that to which we give our attention.

In order to get what you want, you must act.

You are not kept poor by lack in the supply of riches.

You have that within you which is ever impelling you toward the upward and advancing way; and that impelling something is the divine Principle of Power; you must obey it without question.

You must learn to see the world as being produced by evolution; as a something which is evolving and becoming, not as a finished work.

You must always learn to see yourself as a great advancing soul.

Thinking is growth; we cannot think without growing.

By going back to your own center you can always find the pure idea of right for every relationship.

Resolve that you will now lay aside all else and concentrate upon the attainment of conscious unity with God.

It is essential to his happiness that he should continually advance.

No society could advance if everyone was smaller than his place.

A person may come into full harmony with the formless substance by entertaining a lively and sincere gratitude for the blessings it bestows upon him.

When you make a failure, it is because you have not asked for enough, keep on, and a larger thing then you were seeking will certainly come to you. Remember this.

You are already one with God; you want to become consciously aware of it.

When others are having hard times and poor business, you will find your greatest opportunities.

Success action is cumulative in its results.