Legacy Worthy Wisdom of Wallace D. Wattles

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Legacy Worthy Wisdom of Wallace D. Wattles

Legacy Worthy Wisdom of Wallace D. Wattles (1860 -1911) who was an American author and a New Thought writer of the power of the mind and manifesting. Well known in the personal development space, his writings have had a lasting impact and continue to be quoted widely within the self-help movements. Wattles’ best-known legacy worthy work, The Science of Getting Rich (1910), outlines his philosophy on how to attain wealth.

May Wallace D. Wattles‘ quotes shared below inspire you to be all that you can be and live your dreams.

Wallace D. Wattles on Gratitude & Mindset

“The grateful mind is constantly fixated upon the best. Therefore, it tends to become the best. It takes the form or character from the best, and will receive the best.”
“The intensity of your desire will depend on the clearness with which you picture to yourself what you want to be.”
“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.”
“He who fears not has plenty of time.”
“The brain does not make the man; the man makes the brain.”
“By thought, the thing you want is brought to you. By action, you receive it.”
“Hurry and fear will instantly cut your connect with the universal mind.”
“Abandon everything you have outgrown.”
“The more gratefully we fix our minds on the supreme when good things come to us. The more good things we will receive.”
“It is necessary, then, to cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”

Wallace D. Wattles on Personal Growth & Transformation

“You can never become a great man or woman until you have overcome anxiety, worry, and fear. It is impossible for an anxious person, a worried one, or a fearful one to perceive truth; all things are distorted and thrown out of their proper relations by such mental states.”
“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.”
“Become aware and recognize fully the fact that the principle of power is within you.”
“The purpose of life for man is growth, just as the purpose of life for trees and plants is growth. Trees and plants grow automatically and along fixed lines; man can grow as he will. Trees and plants can only develop certain possibilities and characteristics; man can develop any power which is or has been shown by any person anywhere.”
“While you rest, do not think of your present weakness; think of the strength that is coming.”
“It is the natural and inherent impulse of life to seek to live more.”
“Do all that you can do in a perfect manner every day, but do it without haste, worry, or fear. Go as fast as you can, but never hurry.”

Wallace D. Wattles on Action & Achievement

“Set your ideal as near to perfection as your imagination is capable of forming the conception.”
“Success action is cumulative in its results.”
“An ounce of doing things is worth a pound of theorizing.”
“Give every man more in use value than you take from him in cash value: then you are adding to the life of the world by every business transaction.”
“Never admit the possibility of failure, or speak in a way that infers failure as a possibility.”
“Talk about the happy times you had in your youth, and forget all the unhappy times.”
“Success is becoming what you want to be, and is attained by applying your energies to your work, and you will apply your energies in exact proportion to the intensity of your desire.”
“The very best thing you can do for the world is to make the most of yourself.”

Wallace D. Wattles on Creativity & Innovation

“You must get rid of the thought of competition. You are to create. Not to compete for what is already created.”
“To exercise some sort of control over others is the secret motive of every selfish person.”
“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”
“There is no such thing as lack of opportunities for the man who is living the advancing life, and who has an advancing mind.”
“Thought is the only power which can produce tangible riches from the formless substance.”
“You can become what you want to be.”
“Begin to do small things in a great way. You must put the whole power of your great soul into every act.”
“A thought is a substance, producing the thing that is imagined by the thought.”
“Greatness is attained only by thinking of great thoughts.”

Wallace D. Wattles on Wealth & Success

“Success in life is becoming what you want to be.”
“Get rich by the creative method and not by the competitive one.”
“Getting rich isn’t about doing certain things. It’s about doing things in the certain way.”
“Wisdom is the essential basis of greatness.”
“Everything that touches your life is an opportunity if you discover its proper use.”
“You can not retain a true and clear vision of wealth if you are constantly turning your attention to opposing pictures, whether they be external or imaginary.”
“Greatness is attained only by thinking of great thoughts.”
“Set your ideal as near to perfection as your imagination is capable of forming the conception.”
“Success action is cumulative in its results.”
“Do all that you can do in a perfect manner every day, but do it without haste, worry, or fear. Go as fast as you can, but never hurry.”
“An ounce of doing things is worth a pound of theorizing.”
“A person can succeed in life if they do what they are supposed to do, regardless of what they may encounter.”
“You can create anything you want by first deciding that you want it and then going after it with all your effort and strength.”
“Your thoughts of wealth and success will bring you the things you desire most, provided you believe in them and take action.”
“Success is the result of doing the right things in the right way, consistently.”
“To achieve wealth, you must be a person of good character and high moral standard.”