Christian D. Larson

Quotes

• “A man who is morally clean, other things being equal, has in every instance, greater agility, greater capacity, and grea...”
• “Whenever you appreciate a certain thing you become conscious of its real quality, and whenever you become conscious of t...”
• “When you think that you are beautiful, you are liable to think that you are more beautiful than others, and such a thoug...”
• “Our success will not come from the acts of our forefathers, but can come alone from what we are doing now. Those who hav...”
• “The desire to criticise becomes less and less as the character is developed. It is the mark of a fine character never to ...”
• “Never permit circumstances to change your plans, but give so much character to your plans that they will change circumst...”
• “When you permit an outside agency to control your feelings and emotions at frequent intervals for a prolonged period, yo...”
• “Every mental process, or every mental action, that takes place in our wide-awake consciousness will, if it has depth of ...”
• “If you would serve God and be truly religious, do not kneel before God, but learn to walk with God, and do somethingtang...”
• “To keep any great nation up to a high standard of civilization there must be enough superior characters to hold the bala...”
• “You will look young when you feel young, but to simply feel that you are young will not always cause you to feel young. ...”
• “The true optimist not only expects the best to happen, but goes to work to make the best happen. The true optimist not o...”
• “We are always imagining something, It is practically impossible to be awake without imagining something. Then why not im...”
• “The more grateful you are for everything good that comes into your life, the more closely you place your mind in contact...”
• “The pessimist waits for better times, and expects to keep on waiting; the optimist goes to work with the best that is at...”
• “The true purpose of the strong is to promote greater strength in the weak, and not to keep the weak in that state where ...”
• “The power of thought is not a compelling force. It is a building force, and it is only when used in the latter sense tha...”
• “The master mind is the mind that thinks what it wants to think, regardless of what circumstances, environment or associa...”
• “Nature intends all men and women to be mental and spiritual giants, and does not intend that any one should follow the w...”
• “The habit of giving up when the present task is half finished and try something else is one of the chief causes of failur...”
• “Depend only upon yourself, but work in harmony with all things.”