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The Vision that you glorify in your mind, the Ideal that you enthrone in your heart—this you will build your life by, this you will become.
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“The Vision that you glorify in your mind, the Ideal that you enthrone in your heart—this you will build your life by, this you will become.”

James Allen

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As a Man Thinketh
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1903
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Repeatedly honored ideals influence choices and habits, so the picture a person keeps returning to can become a practical standard for action.

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As a Man Thinketh, end of “Visions and Ideals”; Allen summarizes the chapter by linking dominant ideals with the life a person builds.

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