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Quotes About Transformation

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set. This is as true of earthly as of heavenly things. Even the man
~ James Allen
Alter your outlook upon life, and your outward life will alter.
~ James Allen
Change of diet will not help a man who will not change his thoughts. When a man makes his thoughts pure, he no longer desires impure food.
~ James Allen
The saint was once a sinner; the sinner will one day be a saint. The sinner is the child; the saint is the grown man. He who separates himself from sinners, regarding them as wicked men to be avoided, is like a man avoiding contact with little children because they are unwise, disobedient, and play with toys.
~ James Allen
Thought is the fount of action, life, and manifestation; make the fountain pure, and all will be pure. Change
~ James Allen
All things are mirrors in which you see yourself reflected, and the gloom which you perceive in your work is but a reflection of that mental state which you bring to it. Bring a right, an unselfish, state of heart to the thing, and lo! it is at once transformed, and becomes a means of strength and blessedness, reflecting back that which you have brought to it.
~ James Allen
Men imagine that thought can be kept secret, but it cannot; it rapidly crystallises into habit, and habit solidifies into circumstance.
~ James Allen
As a being of Power, Intelligence, and Love, and the lord of his own thoughts, man holds the key to every situation, and contains within himself that transforming and regenerative agency by which he may make himself what he wills.
~ James Allen
On the wings of aspiration man rises from earth to heaven, from ignorance to knowledge, from the under darkness to the upper light. Without it he remains a grovelling animal, earthly, sensual, unenlightened, and uninspired. Aspiration is the longing for heavenly things.
~ James Allen
But business is just a vehicle for transforming the ideas in your head into something real, something tangible, that actually improves the lives of others. To create something unique and beautiful and valuable is very hard. It's very special to do. It doesn't happen fast.
~ James Altucher
This is about a new phase in history where art, science, business, and spirit will join together, both externally and internally, in the pursuit of true wealth. It's a phase where ideas are more important than people
~ James Altucher
Improving (or not improving) 1% a day is not even noticeable. That's why it's so easy for people to say, "Nothing is happening," and inadvertently cost their lives 1% a day. Focus on that 1% improvement and everything changes.
~ James Altucher
Reinvention is never over. Today is the first day.
~ James Altucher
Both of these stories are about the same thing, even though they seem completely different. Gandhi chose himself. He once said, "You must first be the change you want to see in this World.
~ James Altucher
There were about ten different areas I needed to improve and gradually I improved them all and sold the company a year later. EXPAND THE
~ James Altucher
Like many people, he realized that he had to do something different in order to get out of the rut he was in. There's a saying, "It's your best thinking that got you here." So the first step is to literally throw away your "best thinking.
~ James Altucher
Being mediocre doesn't mean you won't change the world. It means being honest with yourself and the people around you. And being honest at every level is really the most effective habit of all if you want to have massive success.
~ James Altucher
Every master has his Elba. Banished to an island where the life you once knew no longer exists and it seems like there is no way to escape.
~ James Altucher
People rise from unbelievably bleak and desperate ashes to be the one flower in a graveyard to blossom. The sun is always there. But the flower has to be ready to blossom. "That's crazy" is a roadmap. Start with that phrase and circle it. Then draw all the roads that lead out from that spot. They don't all have to end up at the place you expect. Have fun with it. Find different roads and see where they lead.
~ James Altucher
If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic—being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of data like an oracle. These are all things that would have been considered magic a few hundred years ago.
~ James Altucher
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~ James Altucher
You are the alchemist of your life.
~ James Altucher
Nothing you ever thought of before amounted to anything – that's why you are exactly where you are at that moment of hitting bottom.
~ James Altucher
But this is also the vortex on which we have the option to turn pro. It is where we own our idea machine power.
~ James Altucher