Charles F. Haanel Quotes

“Seek the silence frequently. Power comes from repose.”

“There is no limit to what this law can do for you; dare to believe in your own ideal; think of the ideal as an already accomplished fact.”

“We must be before we can do, and we can do only to the extent which we are, and what we are depends upon what we think.”

“When you are at one with the world, you often find that the thing you seek is seeking you.”

“Individuality is a real power inherent in all and the development and consequent expression of this power enables one to assume the responsibility of directing his own footsteps rather than stampeding after some self-assertive bell-wether.”

“The vibrations of mental forces are the finest and consequently the most powerful in existence.”

“You can think the thoughts of every sage, every artist, every financier, every captain of industry who ever existed, for thoughts never die.”

“The time and thought which most persons waste in aimless effort would accomplish wonders if properly directed with some special object in view. In order to do this, it is necessary to center your mental force upon a specific thought and hold it there, to the exclusion of all other thoughts.”

“All growth is from within. This is evident in all nature. Every plant, every animal, every human is a living testimony to this great law, and the error of the ages is in looking for strength or power from without.”

“All possession is based on consciousness. All gain is the result of an accumulative consciousness. All loss is the result of a scattering consciousness.”

“Amid all the mysteries by which we are surrounded, nothing is more certain than that we are ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed.”

“By keeping the thought in mind, it will gradually take tangible form. A definite purpose sets causes in motion which go out in the invisible world and find the material necessary to serve your purpose.”

“Conscious mind is reasoning will. Subconscious mind is instinctive desire, the result of past reasoning will.”

“Eliminate any possible tendency to complain of conditions as they have been or as they are, because it rests with you to change them and make them what you would like them to be.”

“Emerson loved the good and his life was a symphony of peace and harmony, Carlyle hated the bad, and his life was a record of perpetual discord and inharmony.”

“Every thing and institution we see around us, created by human agency, had first to exist as a thought in some human mind. Thought therefore is constructive. Human thought is the spiritual power of the cosmos operating through its creature man.”

“Every thought is a cause and every condition an effect. For this reason it is absolutely essential that you control your thoughts so as to bring forth only desirable conditions.”

“Harmony in the world within means the ability to control our thoughts, and to determine for ourselves how any experience is to affect us.”

“I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious, and happy.”

“I can be whatever I will to be.”

“If you require love, try to realize that the only way to get love is by giving it, that the more you give the more you will get, and the only way you can give it is to fill yourself up with it, until you become a magnet.”

“Imagination is the light by which we can penetrate new worlds of thought and experience.”

“Intuition often comes with a suddenness that is startling; it reveals the truth for which we are searching, so directly that it seems to come from a higher power.”

“It is the combination of thought and love which forms the irresistible force of the law of attraction.”

“Learn to keep the door shut, keep out of your mind, out of your office, and out of your world, every element that seeks admittance with no definite helpful end in view.”

“Not what you think once in a while when you are in church, or have just read a good book, but your predominant mental attitude is what counts.”

“Our future is entirely within our own control. It is not at the mercy of any capricious or uncertain external power.”

“Premature wealth or position cannot be retained because it has not been earned; we get only what we give, and those who try to get without giving always find that the law of compensation is relentlessly bringing about an exact equilibrium.”

“The last centuries saw the most magnificent material progress in history, and the present century is set to produce the greatest progress in mental and spiritual power.”

“The only way to keep from going backward is to keep going forward. Eternal vigilance is the price of success. There are three steps, and each one is absolutely essential. You must first have the knowledge of your power; second, the courage to dare; third, the faith to do.”

“The positive thought will destroy the negative as certainly as light destroys darkness, and the results will be just as effectual.”

“The power is from within, but we cannot receive it unless we give it.”

“The predominant thought or the mental attitude is the magnet, and the law is that like attracts like, consequently, the mental attitude will invariably attract such conditions as correspond to its nature.”

“The real secret of power is consciousness of power.”

“The student who learns that power comes from within, that he is weak only because he has depended on help from outside, and who unhesitatingly throws himself on his own thought, instantly rights himself, stands erect, assumes a dominant attitude, and works miracles.”

“The world without is a reflection of the world within. What appears without is what has been found within. In the world within may be found infinite wisdom, infinite power and infinite supply of all that is necessary, waiting for unfoldment, development and expression. If we recognize these potentialities in the world within they will take form in the world without.”

“Then comes the process of visualization. You must see the picture more and more complete, see the detail, and, as the details begin to unfold the ways and means for bringing it into manifestation will develop. One thing will lead to another. Thought will lead to action, action will develop methods, methods will develop friends, and friends will bring about circumstances, and, finally, the third step, or Materialization, will have been accomplished.”

“There is a world within - a world of thought and feeling and power; of light and beauty, and although invisible, its forces are mighty.”

“Thought is energy. Active thought is active energy; concentrated thought is a concentrated energy. Thought concentrated on a definite purpose becomes power.”

“We make money by making friends, and we enlarge our circle of friends by making money for them, by helping them, by being of service to them. The first law of success then is service, and this in turn is built on integrity and justice.”

“What comes to us in the world without is what we already possess in the world within.”

“Whatever you desire for yourself, affirm it for others, and it will help you both. We reap what we sow. If we send out thoughts of love and health, they return to us like bread cast upon the waters; but if we send out thoughts of fear, worry, jealousy, anger, hate, etc., we will reap the results in our own lives.”

“Why is intuition superior to reason?
Because it does not depend upon experience or memory and frequently brings about the solution to our problems by methods concerning which we are in entire ignorance.”

“You can not entertain weak, harmful, negative thoughts ten hours a day and expect to bring about beautiful, strong and harmonious conditions by ten minutes of strong, positive, creative thought.”

“You must first have the knowledge of your power; second, the courage to dare; third, the faith to do.”