Ralph Waldo Trine
American author and philosopher, 1866-1958
18 quotes.
Quotes by Ralph Waldo Trine
- A mind always hopeful, confident, courageous, and determined on its set purpose, and keeping itself to that purpose, attracts to itself out of the elements things and powers favorable to that purpose.
- But castles in the air are always necessary before we can have castles on the ground, before we can have castles in which to live.
- Courage begets strength, fear begets weakness.
- If you think you can't, the chances are that you can't.
- It is the man or the woman of faith, and hence of courage, who is the master of circumstances, and who makes his or her power felt in the world.
- Meet hatred with love and you elevate not only yourself but also the one who bears you hatred.
- No man's success or health will ever reach beyond his own confidence; as a rule, we erect our own barriers.
- Only engage and then the mind grows heated; Begin and then the work will be completed.
- Peace is to be found only within, and unless one find it there he will never find it at all.
- Seize this very minute: What you can do, or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
- Sufficient to know that the way we live our today determines our tomorrow.
- Talk of those things that will make people the better for listening to you.
- The truly wise man or woman will recognize no one as an enemy.
- We are stewards merely, and as stewards we shall be held accountable for the way we use whatever is entrusted to us.
- We can be our own best friends or we can be our own worst enemies.
- We hear much said of "environment." We need to realize that environment should never be allowed to make the man, but that man should always, and always can, condition the environment.
- Whatever estimate you put upon yourself will determine the effectiveness of your work along any line.
- You must know yourself in order to know your powers, and not until you know them can you use them wisely and fully.