Top 169 Quotes & Sayings by Ernest Holmes - Page 2

Seek to make your work a prayer, your believing an act, your living an art. It is then that the object of your faith will be made visible to you. It is then that you shall 'kiss the lips of your desire.'

The person who is to succeed will never let his mind dwell on past mistakes. He will forgive the past in his life and in the lives of other people. If he makes a mistake he will at once forgive it.

Through the art of affirmative prayer the limitless resources of the Spirit are at my command. The power of the Infinite is at my disposal.

Peace comes from the absence of fear, from a consciousness of trust, from a deep, underlying faith in the absolute goodness and mercy, the final integrity of the universe in which we live, and of every cause to which we give our thought, our time and our attention.

Nothing is too good to be true.

We are bound by nothing except belief.

One who has learned to love all people will find plenty of people who will return that love.

. . . man is just what he thinks himself to be . . . He will attract to himself what the thinks most about. He can learn to govern his own destiny when he learns to control his thoughts.

I cleanse the windows of my mind, that it may become a mirror reflecting inspiration from the most High. I do this, not with strenuous effort, but through quiet contemplation, through gently reaching and affirming an inward recognition. I know exactly what to do in every situation. There is an inspiration within me which governs every act, every thought, with certainty, with conviction and in peace.

Life externalizes at the level of our thought.

I am a gift of joy that God gives to a wonderful world.

Life is not just something to be endured. It is to be lived in joy, in a fullness without limit (p.82)

Believe as though you are, and you will be.

We are chemists in the laboratory of the Infinite. What, then shall we create?

Life is infinite energy coupled with limitless creative imagination. It is the invisible essence and substance of every visible form. Its nature is goodness, truth, wisdom and beauty, as well as energy and imagination. Our highest satisfaction comes from a sense of conscious union with this invisible Life. All human endeavor is an attempt to get back to first principles, to find such an inward wholeness that all sense of fear, doubt and uncertainty vanishes.

All limitations are self-imposed.

Never let anything cause you to doubt your ability to demonstrate the Truth.

We may stumble, but always there is that eternal voice, forever whispering within our ear, that thing which causes the eternal quest, that thing which forever sings and sings.

The manifest universe is the body of God ... all people are incarnations of the One Spirit.

Instead of dwelling on negative thoughts, cause your mind to dwell on peace and joy.

It is right that we should be successful, for otherwise Spirit is not expressed.

We are born to create, and we can't help it. Why is that? Because God, the great Creator, is in us.

Know that nothing can hinder you but yourself. If you believe you can, you can.

Blessing: Constructive thought directed toward anyone or condition. You bless a man when you recognize the divinity in him.

Like attracts like and we attract just what we are in mind.

Gratitude is one of the chief graces of human existence and is crowned in heaven with a consciousness of unity.

Disregarding all evidence to the contrary, the student of Truth will maintain that he lives in a PERFECT Universe and among people potentially perfect. He will regulate his thinking to meet this necessity and refuse to believe in its opposite. At first he may be influenced by conditions, and he may appear weak, but as time goes on he will PROVE TO HIMSELF that his position is a correct one, for that which appears imperfect will begin to slip from his experience

God wills us to have everything. As we express life, we fulfill God's law of abundance, but we do this only as we realize that there is good enough to go around-only as we know that all of God's gifts are given as freely and fully as the air and the sunshine.

Healing is the discovery of the Divinity within.

The whole world, from the least to the greatest, must know the truth, so that man may understand the great laws that govern his life. He must learn to control his own destiny, to heal his own body and bring happiness to his own soul.

We should daily feel a deeper union with Life, a greater sense of that Indwelling God - the God of the seen and of the unseen - within us.

Begin where you are. It would be unscientific to begin anywhere else.

Within us is the unborn possibility of limitless experience. Ours is the privilege of giving birth to it!

We cannot lead a choiceless life. Every day, every moment, every second, there is a choice. If it were not so, we would not be individuals.

Let the inner ear listen to the voice of truth that is always speaking.

A realization of the Presence of God is the most powerful healing agency known to the mind of man.

It is done to you as you believe.

No person whose entire time is spent in the contemplation of limitation can demonstrate freedom from such limitation.

The greatest good that can come to anyone is forming within them an absolute certainty of themselves, and of their relationship to the Universe, forever removing the sense of heaven as being outside of them.

A state of expectancy is a great assetl; a state of uncertainty-one moment thinking "perhaps" and the next moment thinking "I don't know"-will never get desired results.

There is a Power in the universe greater than you are, and you can use it.

Divine Intelligence working through me always knows just what I need and always supplies it when I need it.

We are thinking, willing, knowing, conscious centers of Life. We are surrounded by, immersed in, and there is flowing through us, a creative Something ... call It what you will.

Thoughts of lack manifest as limitation. Thoughts of abundance manifest as success and happiness. Failure and success are but two ends of the same stick.

..Whoever dewlls on beauty tends to become beautiful; there will be a grace and charm to expressing itself through that person which no one can fail to recognize and appreciate.

Love is at the Center of our being, and the calm, continuous pulsations of life are governed by Love.

If the philosophy of Christianity were lived, wars would cease, unhappiness would cease, economic problems would be solved, poverty would be wiped from the face of the earth, and man's inhumanity to man would be transmuted into a spirit of mutual helpfulness.

Since each soul is some part of the Whole, it is impossible that any soul can be lost.

Change your thinking, change your life.

The whole thing resolves itself into our mental ability to control our thought. The man who can do this can have what he wants, can do what he wishes and becomes what he wills.

Healing is the result of clear thinking.

The Power which creates and sustains everything is now creating everything necessary to my happiness.

Wait for the idea. It may not come at first, but you must be patient, never doubting, waiting in faith. It will come.

We are continuously living a new life, and when the old and the new do not fit nicely together, the old - no longer able to contain the new - should be discarded.

To the man who can perfectly practice inaction, all things are possible.

Begin to act from your dominion. Declare the truth by telling yourself that there is nothing to be afraid of, that you no longer entertain any images of fear.

The Divine Plan is one of Freedom. The inherent nature of man is ever seeking to express itself in terms of freedom, because freedom is the birthright of every living soul.

So plastic is mind, so receptive, that the slightest thought makes an impression upon it. People who think many kinds of thought must expect to receive a confused manifestation in their lives. If a gardener plants a thousand kinds of seeds, he will get a thousand kinds of plants: it is the same in mind.

As you discover your daily good, and believe in it, and think about it, expect it to continue.

Abundance is mine. I cannot be deprived of my supply. The trees do not lack for leaves, nor do the flowers fail to bloom.