Wallace Wattles Quotes

“A man's way of doing things is the direct result of the way he thinks about things.”

“A man’s highest happiness is found in the bestowal of benefits on those he loves; love finds its most natural and spontaneous expression in giving. The man who has nothing to give cannot fill his place as a husband or father, as a citizen, or as a man.

It is in the use of material things that a man finds full life for his body, develops his mind, and unfolds his soul. It is therefore of supreme importance to him that he should be rich.”

“A person'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 unfolding – in other words, his right to be rich.”

“A seed that falls to the ground bursts into activity, and in the act of living produces a hundred more seeds.

Life, by living, multiplies itself; it is forever being made more. It must do so if it wants to continue to exist.”

“All the forms that man creates with his hands must first exist in his thought; he cannot give form to something, but after having thought about it.”

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

“An ounce of doing things is worth a pound of theorizing.”

“As you get capital, its increase becomes easier and more rapid.”

“Bear in mind that the only way in which you can assist the world in growing rich is by growing rich yourself through the creative method — not the competitive one.”

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

“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.”

“Do not read books that tell you that the world is coming to an end, or read the writings of scandalizing and pessimistic philosophers who say that we are going to the devil.

The world is not going to the devil; he is going to God. It is a wonderful transformation.”

“Do not spend time in the present taking thought as to the best course in possible future emergencies; have faith in your ability to meet any emergency when it arrives.”

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

“Every man has the natural and inherent power to think what he wants to think, but it requires far more effort to do so than it does to think the thoughts which are suggested by appearances.

To think according to appearance is easy; to think truth regardless of appearances is laborious, and requires the expenditure of more power than any other work man is called upon to perform.”

“Get rid of the idea that God wants you to sacrifice yourself for others, and that you can secure his favor by doing so; God requires nothing of the kind.

What he wants is that you should make the most of yourself, for yourself, and for others; and you can help others more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.”

“Go as fast as you can, but never hurry. Remember that in the moment you begin to hurry you cease to be a creator and become a competitor; you drop back upon the old plane again.”

“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.”

“Guard your speech. Never speak of yourself, your affairs, or of anything else in a discouraged or discouraging way.”

“If you want to help the poor, demonstrate to them that they can become rich; prove it by getting rich yourself.”

“It is just as true that doubt or disbelief initiates a movement that takes everything away from you, as faith and purpose initiates a movement that brings everything closer to you. It is by not understanding this that most people fail.”

“Let every act and tone and look express the quiet assurance that you are getting rich; that you are already rich.”

“Man can form things in his thought, and by impressing his thought upon formless substance can cause the thing he thinks about to be created.

In order to do this, man must pass from the competitive to the creative mind; otherwise he cannot be in harmony with the Formless Intelligence, which is always creative and never competitive in spirit.”

“Man is a thinking center, and can originate thought. All the forms that man fashions with his hands must first exist in his thought; he cannot shape a thing until he has thought that thing.”

“Man was formed for growth, and all things external were designed to promote his growth.”

“Men get rich by doing things in a certain way; and in order to do so, men must become able to think in a certain way.

A man’s way of doing things is the direct result of the way he thinks about things.”

“Nothing can be wrong except my own personal attitude, and my attitude will be right if I trust and am not afraid.”

“Poverty can be done away with, not by increasing the number of well to do people who think about poverty, but by increasing the number of poor people who purpose with faith to get rich.”

“Real life means the complete expression of all that man can give forth through body, mind, and soul.”

“See that you give them a use value greater than the cash value you are taking from them.”