Do every common act as a god should do it; speak every word as a god should speak it.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: God
Faith—not a faith in one’s self or in one’s own powers but faith in principle; in the Something Great which upholds right, and which may be relied upon to give us the victory in due time. Without this faith it is not possible for any one to rise to real greatness.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: Power, Greatness, Faith
Success action is cumulative in its results.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: Success, Success & Failure
You are not mentally developed by what you read, but by what you think about what you read.
—Wallace Wattles
Close your ears to all adverse suggestions. Never mind if people call you a fool and a dreamer. Dream on.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: People
Do not talk about your greatness; you are really, in essential nature, no great than those around you.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: Nature, Greatness
There is a science of getting rich, and it is an exact science, like algebra or arithmetic. There are certain laws which govern the process of acquiring riches, and once these laws are learned and obeyed by anyone, that person will get rich with mathematical certainty.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: Rich
Always do what you feel deeply in the within to be the true thing to do.
—Wallace Wattles
In order to get rich you do not need a “sweet hour of prayer”; you need to “pray without ceasing”. And by prayer I mean holding steadily to your vision, with the purpose to cause its creation into solid form, and the faith that you are doing so.
—Wallace Wattles
I will trust and not be afraid.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: Trust
Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: Action
If a doubt comes, cast it aside as a sin.
—Wallace Wattles
There is a genius in every man and woman, waiting to be brought forth.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: Genius
Do not try to convert others to your point of view, except by holding it and living accordingly.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: Try
It is within the power of every man to become great.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: Power
The answer to your prayer is not according to your faith while you are talking, but according to your faith while you are working.
—Wallace Wattles
It is essential to his happiness that he should continually advance.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: Happiness
Wisdom is the power to perceive the best ends to aim at and the best means for reaching those ends.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: Power, Best, Wisdom
Become aware of and recognize fully the fact that the Principle of Power within you is God Himself. You must consciously identify yourself with the Highest.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: War, God, Power
When you feel deeply that a certain act is the right act, do it and have perfect faith that the consequences will be good.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: Faith, Good
The teaching of Jesus, if properly understood, would do away with organized temple worship altogether.
—Wallace Wattles
This must be your point of view: that the world and all it contains is perfect, though not completed.
—Wallace Wattles
The brain does not make the man; the man makes the brain.
—Wallace Wattles
Greatness is attained only by the thinking of great thoughts.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: Greatness, Thinking, Thoughts
Your first duty to God, to yourself, and to the world is to make yourself as great a personality, in every way, as you possibly can.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: God
By going back to your own center you can always find the pure idea of right for every relationship.
—Wallace Wattles
If you will make the necessary effort you can develop any talent.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: Talent, Effort
The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: Love, Vision, Service
You must have absolute faith in your own perceptions of truth. Never act in haste or hurry; be deliberated in everything; wait until you know the true way.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: Truth, Faith, Perception
Obey your soul, have perfect faith in yourself. Never think of yourself with doubt or distrust, or as one who makes mistakes.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: Faith, Soul, Doubt, Trust
You cannot impress the mind of God by having a special Sabbath day set apart to tell Him what you want, and then forgetting Him the rest of the week.
—Wallace Wattles
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.
—Wallace Wattles
Topics: Poverty, Success, Rich, Life, Live
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