Top 200 Wallace D. Wattles Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “Wisdom is the essential basis of greatness.”

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152. “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.”

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153. “No one is kept in poverty by a shortness in the supply of riches, there is more than enough for all.”

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154. “Nothing can go wrong in this world but yourself ; and you can go wrong only by getting into the wrong mental attitude.”

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155. “Nothing can be wrong but your own personal attitude.”

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156. “Gratitude will lead your mind out along the ways by which things come, and it will keep you in close harmony with creative thought and prevent you from falling into competitive thought.”

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157. “To become convinced that you can succeed is the first requisite to success.”

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158. “Do not pay too much attention to the advice or suggestions of those around you.”

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159. “So surely as you find yourself in the mental attitude of haste, just so surely may you know that you are out of the mental attitude of greatness. Hurry and fear will instantly cut your connect with the universal mind.”

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160. “Gratitude alone can keep you looking toward the all, and prevent you from falling into the error of thinking of the supply as limited, and to do that would be fatal to your hopes.”

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161. “Thinking is growth; we cannot think without growing.”

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162. “Do every common act as a god should do it; speak every word as a god should speak it.”

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163. “Because all things are necessary to man’s complete unfoldment, all things in human life are the work of God.”

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164. “Many people who order their lives rightly in all other ways are kept in poverty by their lack of gratitude.”

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165. “Give every person more in use value than you take from them in cash value.”

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166. “There is, as Emerson says, some central idea or conception of yourself by which all the facts of your life are arranged and classified. Change this central idea and you change the arrangement or classification of all the fact and circumstances of your life.”

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167. “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.”

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168. “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.”

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169. “The law of gratitude is the natural principle that action and reaction are always equal and in opposite directions.”

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170. “Genius is Omniscience flowing into man.”

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171. “The ‘advancing man’ in medicine, who holds to a clear mental image of himself as successful, and who obeys the laws of faith, purpose, and gratitude, will cure every curable case he undertakes.”

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172. “The purpose of life for man is growth, just as the purpose of life for trees and plants is growth.”

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173. “You need not hesitate about asking largely. “It is your Father’s pleasure to give you the kingdom,” said Jesus.”

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174. “There is nothing wrong in wanting to get rich. The desire for riches is really the desire for a richer, fuller, and more abundant life, and that desire is praise worthy.”

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175. “When you make a failure, it is because you have not asked for enough, keep on, and a larger thing then you were seeking will certainly come to you. Remember this.”

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176. “Where there is no power, there is never any desire to do a thing; and where there is strong desire to do a thing, the power to do it is strong.”

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177. “No man has yet become so great in any faculty but that it is possible for some one else to become greater.”

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178. “Only those who do not fill the places they are holding slow the progress of the world.”

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179. “You must lay aside your greed; have no unworthy motive in your desire to become rich and powerful. It is legitimate and right to desire riches, if you want them for the sake of your soul, but not if you desire them for the lists of the flesh.”

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180. “If you will make the necessary effort you can develop any talent.”

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181. “Man must cast out of himself everything which separates him from God. He must will to live the divine life, and he must rise above all moral temptations; he must forsake every course of action that is not in accord with his highest ideals.”

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182. “Be as thankful for it all the time as you expect to be when it has taken form.”

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183. “The distinguishing characteristic of all really great men and women is an unwavering faith.”

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184. “There is nothing wrong with anything; there is nothing wrong with anybody.”

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185. “It is legitimate and right to desire riches, if you want them for the sake of the soul, but not if you desire them for the lusts of the flesh. Cast out pride and vanity; have no thought of trying to rule over others or of outdoing them.”

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186. “In order to get what you want, you must act...”

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187. “The object of all life is development; and everything that lives has an inalienable right to all the development it is capable of attaining.”

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188. “I surrender my body to be ruled by my mind; I surrender my mind to be governed by my soul, and I surrender my soul to the guidance of God.”

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189. “Genius is the union of man and God in the acts of the soul. Great men are always greater than their deeds. They are in connection with a reserve power that is without limit.”

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190. “There is a genius in every man and woman, waiting to be brought forth.”

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191. “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.”

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192. “There are three motives for which we live; we live for the body, we live for the mind, we live for the soul.”

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193. “You are not kept poor by lack in the supply of riches.”

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194. “You can have nothing to fear.”

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195. “This must be your point of view: that the world and all it contains is perfect, though not completed.”

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196. “Intellect helps us to see the best means and manner of doing the right thing, but intellect never shows us the right thing.”

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197. “Without faith, it is impossible for you to become great.”

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198. “Do not wait for an opportunity to be all that you want to be.”

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199. “God gives you all there is; your only question is how much to take of the unlimited supply.”

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200. “The really great man is often considered selfish by a large group of people who are connected with him and who feel that he might bestow upon them more benefits than he does.”

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