One of my initial goals with starting MoveMe Quotes was to create a
platform that would put out daily reminders of goodness, peace, and
motivation into the world – With the idea of spreading more good vibes
and positively influencing more people. I have been doing this since
2010 and what I have slowly come to realize is that the person I have
been influencing the most…
is me.
Today, I find myself more positive, more grateful, and more calm than
ever before. I find myself being more and more drawn to the good and
being more and more repelled from the bad. Quotes, are now a part of my
everyday life: I have conversations in quotes, I write using quotes,
and I find myself giving advice to people in quotes. I no longer want
to entertain any gossip or watch any TV, but rather want to read good
books and engage in good conversations about life and meaning.
Needless to say, it was a pretty powerful transformation in my life that revolutionized who I am today.
In his book
As A Man Thinketh,
James Allen composed a series of short, pointed essays on the power of
thinking positively and its influence on character, circumstance, and
health. He uses a beautiful example of likening the human mind to that
of a garden which, based on the work of the gardener, will produce lush,
green, fruit-bearing plants, or due to neglect and bad seed planting,
will produce nothing but weeds. Each quote I uploaded, each picture
quote I posted, each short story I read was cultivating, planting, and
watering the thoughts in my mind which eventually took over my actions
and allowed me to become the person I am today.
You can’t create a beautiful garden, from scratch, in a day – it
takes time and daily maintenance. Well, so too does a beautiful mind.
When you spend some time cultivating your mind daily you’ll reap the
benefits of powerful growth later on. Below, enjoy 10 of my favorite
quotes from
As A Man Thinketh and get a jump start on your new gardening ventures! Be sure to keep track of any of the quotes that poke out at you
#10
“A man’s mind may be
likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to
run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring
forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless
weed-seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.”
#9
“Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results;
bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results. This is but
saying that nothing can come from corn but corn, nothing from nettles
but nettles. Men understand this law in the natural world, and work with
it; but few understand it in the mental and moral world (though its
operation there is just as simple and undeviating), and they, therefore,
do not cooperate with it.”
#8
“Man is made or unmade by
himself; in the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he
destroys himself; he also fashions the tools with which he builds for
himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace.”
#7
“Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the
music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the
loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow
all delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these, if you
but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.”
#6
“As the physically weak man can make himself strong by
careful and patient training, so the man of weak thoughts can make them
strong by exercising himself in right thinking.”
#5
“To live continually in thoughts of ill will, cynicism,
suspicion, and envy, is to be confined in a self-made prison hole. But
to think well of all, to be cheerful with all, to patiently learn to
find the good in all – such unselfish thoughts are the very portals of
heaven; and to dwell day by day in thoughts of peace toward every
creature will bring abounding peace to their possessor.”
#4
“As you cannot have a sweet and wholesome abode unless
you admit the air and sunshine freely into your rooms, so a strong body
and a bright, happy, or serene countenance can only result from the free
admittance into the mind of thoughts of joy and goodwill and serenity.”
#3
“Thought allied fearlessly
to purpose becomes creative force: he who knows this is ready to become
something higher and stronger than a mere bundle of wavering thoughts
and fluctuating sensations; he who does this has become the conscious
and intelligent wielder of his mental powers.”
#2
“A man should conceive of a
legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out to accomplish it. He
should make this purpose the centralizing point of his thoughts. It may
take the form of a spiritual ideal, or it may be a worldly object,
according to his nature at the time being; but whichever it is, he
should steadily focus his thought forces upon the object which he has
set before him. He should make
this purpose his supreme duty, and should devote himself to its
attainment, not allowing his thoughts to wander away into ephemeral
fancies, longings, and imaginings. This is the royal road to
self-control and true concentration of thought. Even if he fails again
and again to accomplish his purpose (as he necessarily must until
weakness is overcome), the strength of character gained will be the
measure of his true success, and this will form a new starting point for
future power and triumph.”
#1
“Only the wise man, only he whose thoughts are controlled and purified, makes the winds and the storms of the soul obey him.”
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Keep the Momentum Going:
Comment: Think about your daily habits. Share with us one of your habits that has had the most positive impact on your life.
Challenge:
Every day for the next 30 Days share something uplifting or
motivational with your friends and followers. It can be something as
simple as a quote or something more elaborate like a short story. See
how it affects your mindset.
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