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As A Man Thinketh - Chapter 1

  As A Man Thinketh - Chapter 1   Wouldn't you like to join us in the JTF BOOK CLUB and take advantage of the books we give out for free to grow yourself and your family? Click on this  LINK  to join Thought And Character   The aphorism, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he," not only embraces the whole of a man's being, but is so comprehensive as to reach out to every condition and circumstance of his life. A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts. As the plant springs from, and could not be without, the seed, so every act of man springs from the hidden seeds of thought, and could not have appeared without them. This applies equally to those acts called "spontaneous" and "unpremeditated" as to those which are deliberately executed. Act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruit; thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own husbandry. Thought in the mind ha...

As A Man Thinketh - About The Author

  Wouldn't you like to join us in the JTF BOOK CLUB and take advantage of the books we give out for free to grow yourself and your family? Click on this  LINK  to join Who Was James Allen? James Allen (28 November 1864 – 24 January 1912) was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of the self-help movement. His best-known work,  As a Man Thinketh , has been mass-produced since its publication in 1903. It has been a source of inspiration to motivational and self-help authors. Born in Leicester, England, into a working-class family, Allen was the elder of two brothers. His mother could neither read nor write. His father, William, was a factory knitter. In 1879, following a downturn in the textile trade of central England, Allen's father traveled alone to America to find work and establish a new home for the family. Within two days of arriving his father was pronounced dead at New York City Hospital, be...