Amos Bronson Alcott Quotes

You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need.

The key is within each of us. No instructions come with it.

Become aware that you already possess all the inner wisdom, strength, and creativity needed to make your dreams come true.

What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers.

It's one thing for other people to see potential in you, and it's quite another for you to understand that and see it in yourself.

I recommend anybody go to a bookstore, go down the self-help or new-age section, and just walk those aisles. See what book jumps out at you; there's a good chance it's a book you need in your life. That's basically how I find the books that I read.

We were all born with a certain degree of power. The key to success is discovering this innate power and using it daily to deal with whatever challenges come our way.

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.

All of us have a 'voice' inside where all inspired thoughts come from. When I talk to children and aspiring writers, I always ask them to turn off the TV and listen to that voice inside them.

Sometimes very small investments can release enormous, infinite potential that exists in all of us.

Everyone has some inner power that awaits discovery.

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

We can be eaten by techniques and forget what we have inside of us.

Personal law is simply the thought that controls your mind and your life more than any other thought. Finding that thought is the most valuable knowledge that you can have about yourself. It is like the leverage on personal change. It enables you to change very efficiently.

Inside every human being there are treasures to unlock.

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.

You take your problems to a god, but what you really need is for the god to take you to the inside of you.

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making, and directly perceive how events happen, and how work is actually done.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly.

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

There have been many dreams which have been personal guides for me.

I think that we all have within us the potential for almost anything. If we play close attention to our lives, then we can get at it somehow.

I try not to listen to the shoulds or coulds, and try to get beyond expectations, peer pressure, or trying to please - and just listen. I believe all the answers are ultimately within us.