“The trouble is in the mind, for the body is only the house for the mind to dwell in.”
— Phineas P. Quimby, The Quimby Manuscripts (published 1921)
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Legacy
1897–1960s
27 quotes
“To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings.”
— Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (1875)
“There is good for me and I ought to have it.”
— Emma Curtis Hopkins, Scientific Christian Mental Practice (1888)
“The body is only the outward expression of the inward thought.”
— Warren Felt Evans, The Mental Cure (1869)
“In tune with the Infinite, and the fullness of peace, power, and plenty follows.”
— Ralph Waldo Trine, In Tune with the Infinite (1897)
“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.”
— Orison Swett Marden, Pushing to the Front (1894)
“There is a thinking stuff from which all things are made, and which, in its original state, permeates, penetrates, and fills the interspaces of the universe.”
— Wallace D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich (1910)
“Thought vibrations are as real as the vibrations manifesting light, heat, electricity, magnetism.”
— William Walker Atkinson, Thought Vibration (1906)
“We increase whatever we praise.”
— Charles & Myrtle Fillmore, Charles Fillmore, Prosperity (1936)
“The subjective mind is entirely under the control of the objective mind.”
— Thomas Troward, The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science (1904)
“Change your thinking, change your life.”
— Ernest Holmes, Ernest Holmes, widely attributed and echoed throughout The Science of Mind (1926)
“Your word is your wand.”
— Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How to Play It (1925)
“Your mind is the instrument of the Universal Mind; use it as such.”
— Genevieve Behrend, Your Invisible Power (1921)
“There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer.”
— Emmet Fox, The Sermon on the Mount (1934)
“A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.”
— James Allen, As a Man Thinketh (1903)
“Assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled.”
— Neville Goddard, The Power of Awareness (1952)
“Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.”
— Christian D. Larson, The Optimist Creed, from Your Forces and How to Use Them (1912)
“The world within is governed by mind; the world without is a reflection of the world within.”
— Charles F. Haanel, The Master Key System (1916)
“The truth cures; error causes the disease.”
— Julius Dresser, The True History of Mental Science (1887)
“New Thought is a way of living as well as a way of thinking.”
— Horatio W. Dresser, A History of the New Thought Movement (1919)
“All is God, and God is all.”
— Malinda E. Cramer, Divine Science and Healing (1902)
“Every word you speak is a seed planted in the soil of your own mind.”
— Annie Rix Militz, Primary Lessons in Christian Living and Healing (1904)
“Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard.”
— Russell H. Conwell, Acres of Diamonds (delivered from 1870; published 1890)
“Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.”
— Emile Coué, Self-Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion (1922)
“Be still, and know that I AM God.”
— Joseph S. Benner, The Impersonal Life (1914)
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
— Robert Collier, The Secret of the Ages
“Man becomes what he thinks about, and he thinks about what he holds in the secret places of his mind.”
— U.S. Andersen, Three Magic Words
Legends
1960–1990
36 quotes
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
— Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
— Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
— Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking
“Whatever your conscious mind assumes and believes to be true, your subconscious mind will accept and bring to pass.”
— Joseph Murphy, The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
“You cannot outperform your own self-image.”
— Maxwell Maltz, Psycho-Cybernetics
“We become what we think about.”
— Earl Nightingale, The Strangest Secret
“Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain.”
— Claude M. Bristol, The Magic of Believing
“Prosperity is your divine right.”
— Catherine Ponder, The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity
“There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude.”
— W. Clement Stone, Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude
“I will persist until I succeed.”
— Og Mandino, The Greatest Salesman in the World
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances.”
— Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
“Follow your bliss.”
— Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
“Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, your mind will find the ways to do it.”
— David J. Schwartz, The Magic of Thinking Big
“What a man can be, he must be.”
— Abraham Maslow, Motivation and Personality
“Don't go through life, grow through life.”
— Eric Butterworth, Discover the Power Within You
“The degree of our inner stillness is the measure of our outer harmony.”
— Joel S. Goldsmith, The Infinite Way
“I am there. Do not be afraid.”
— James Dillet Freeman, The Prayer for Protection
“Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours.”
— Richard Bach, Illusions
“Healing begins the moment we stop resisting the life already moving through us.”
— Mandus, The Miracle of Healing
“The mind that believes in limitation creates limitation.”
— Jack E. Addington, All About Goals
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”
— Alan Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity
“Be here now.”
— Ram Dass, Be Here Now
“Life is difficult. Once we truly know that life is difficult, then life is no longer difficult.”
— M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled
“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.”
— Wayne Dyer, The Power of Intention
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”
— Jim Rohn, Attributed
“You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
— Zig Ziglar, See You at the Top
“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you.”
— Brian Tracy, Eat That Frog!
“Thoughts become things. If you see it in your mind, you will hold it in your hand.”
— Bob Proctor, You Were Born Rich
“Love is the action of being in the same space with something without resistance.”
— Thaddeus Golas, The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment
“Only sharing will bring about the trust from which right relationship grows.”
— Benjamin Creme, The Reappearance of the Christ
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment.”
— Leo Buscaglia, Living, Loving and Learning
“Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful.”
— Shakti Gawain, Creative Visualization
“Life is a game. In order to have a game something has to be more important than something else.”
— Werner Erhard, Attributed
“The child in you is the part of you that feels most deeply and needs most urgently to be heard.”
— John Bradshaw, Homecoming
“Feel the fear and do it anyway.”
— Susan Jeffers, Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
“Men and women differ in all areas of their lives — the more we understand that, the more we can love.”
— John Gray, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
Luminaries
1980s–present
71 quotes
“Begin with the end in mind.”
— Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
“Where focus goes, energy flows.”
— Tony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within
“You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”
— Louise Hay, You Can Heal Your Life
“In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.”
— Deepak Chopra, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”
— Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”
— John C. Maxwell, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
“Be impeccable with your word.”
— Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements
“The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times. The best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched to its limits.”
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow
“Emotional intelligence begins to develop in the earliest years, and self-awareness is its keystone.”
— Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence
“We are limited not by our abilities, but by our vision.”
— Gregg Braden, The Divine Matrix
“Everybody has some part of the truth; nobody has all of it.”
— Ken Wilber, A Theory of Everything
“Every experience is an opportunity to choose love instead of fear.”
— Gary Zukav, The Seat of the Soul
“You cannot change what you are not aware of, but the moment you see it, you can choose again.”
— Mary Manin Morrissey, Building Your Field of Dreams
“Pain pushes until vision pulls.”
— Michael Bernard Beckwith, Spiritual Liberation
“Attention is a creative force, and intention is its focus.”
— Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.”
— Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now
“Vulnerability is not weakness; it's our most accurate measure of courage.”
— Brené Brown, Daring Greatly
“Becoming is better than being.”
— Carol Dweck, Mindset
“Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.”
— Angela Duckworth, Grit
“The purpose of learning isn't to affirm our beliefs; it's to evolve our beliefs.”
— Adam Grant, Think Again
“The secret to high performance isn't reward and punishment, but that unseen intrinsic drive.”
— Daniel Pink, Drive
“Clarity about what matters provides clarity about what does not.”
— Cal Newport, Deep Work
“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”
— James Clear, Atomic Habits
“The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.”
— Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way
“A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.”
— Tim Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek
“It is your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.”
— Iyanla Vanzant, One Day My Soul Just Opened Up
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
— Oprah Winfrey, What I Know for Sure
“You are never going to feel like doing the things that are difficult, uncomfortable, or uncertain.”
— Mel Robbins, The 5 Second Rule
“Your personality creates your personal reality.”
— Joe Dispenza, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself
“The universe has your back.”
— Gabby Bernstein, The Universe Has Your Back
“A belief is only a thought you keep thinking.”
— Esther Hicks, Ask and It Is Given
“You have to be willing to be uncomfortable in order to grow.”
— Lisa Nichols, Abundance Now
“You are not a victim of your genes, but a master of your fate.”
— Bruce Lipton, The Biology of Belief
“We can do hard things.”
— Glennon Doyle, Untamed
“Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle, and best at the end.”
— Robin Sharma, The 5 AM Club
“Everything is figureoutable.”
— Marie Forleo, Everything Is Figureoutable
“Skills are cheap. Passion is priceless.”
— Gary Vaynerchuk, Crush It!
“People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it.”
— Simon Sinek, Start With Why
“There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.”
— Susan Cain, Quiet
“We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in.”
— Arianna Huffington, Thrive
“Peace of mind is not the absence of problems; it is the absence of resistance to them.”
— Matthew Ferry, Quiet Mind Epic Life
“You are not your thinking; you are the space in which thinking happens.”
— Michael Neill, The Inside-Out Revolution
“There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind — you are the one who hears it.”
— Michael Singer, The Untethered Soul
“Conscious living begins the moment you choose awareness over autopilot.”
— Michele Whittington, Uncommon Wisdom
“Greatness is not a destination; it's a daily practice of showing up.”
— Lewis Howes, The School of Greatness
“Redefine wealth: money is only one form of it.”
— Patrice Washington, Redefining Wealth for Yourself
“Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.”
— Kristin Neff, Self-Compassion
“Flow follows focus. It shows up when all of our attention is right here, right now.”
— Steven Kotler, The Rise of Superman
“Happiness is not the belief that we don't need to change; it's the realization that we can.”
— Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage
“Optimism is invaluable for the meaningful life. With a firm belief in a positive future, you can throw yourself into the service of that which is larger than you are.”
— Martin Seligman, Learned Optimism
“Positive emotions broaden your mind and build your future resources.”
— Barbara Fredrickson, Positivity
“Happiness, more than anything, is a state of mind, a way of perceiving and approaching ourselves and the world.”
— Sonja Lyubomirsky, The How of Happiness
“Our minds lie to us about what will make us happy.”
— Laurie Santos, The Happiness Lab
“Gratitude is the acknowledgment of goodness in one's life.”
— Robert Emmons, Thanks!
“Awe shifts us from a focus on the self to a focus on what we are part of.”
— Dacher Keltner, Awe
“The voice in your head is one of your greatest tools — when you learn how to talk to it.”
— Ethan Kross, Chatter
“There's more to life than being happy — there's living a life of meaning.”
— Emily Esfahani Smith, The Power of Meaning
“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step
“You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
— Jon Kabat-Zinn, Full Catastrophe Living
“You are the sky. Everything else — it's just the weather.”
— Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart
“In the end, just three things matter: how well we have lived, how well we have loved, how well we have learned to let go.”
— Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart
“The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.”
— Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance
“Mindfulness isn't difficult; we just need to remember to do it.”
— Sharon Salzberg, Real Happiness
“Your thoughts become things.”
— Rhonda Byrne, The Secret
“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.”
— Jack Canfield, The Success Principles
“A goal should scare you a little and excite you a lot.”
— Joe Vitale, The Attractor Factor
“If you're interested, you'll do what's convenient. If you're committed, you'll do whatever it takes.”
— John Assaraf, Having It All
“When you argue with reality, you lose — but only 100 percent of the time.”
— Byron Katie, Loving What Is
“You are responsible for what you say and do. You are not responsible for whether or not people freak out about it.”
— Jen Sincero, You Are a Badass
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.”
— Les Brown, Live Your Dreams
“The rules of the world were made by people no smarter than you.”
— Vishen Lakhiani, The Code of the Extraordinary Mind