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Wallace D. Wattles

Wallace Delois Wattles (1860 – 1911) American author who wrote “The Science of Getting Rich,” the first part of a trilogy on living.

“The scientific use of thought consists in forming a clear and distinct mental image of what you want; in holding fast to the purpose to get what you want; and in realizing with grateful faith that you do get what you want.”

Wattles encouraged his readers to test his theories on themselves rather than take his word as an authority. Throughout his life he endeavored to live by every word he wrote.

Wattles practiced the technique of creative visualization. In his daughter Florence’s words, he “formed a mental picture” or visual image, and then “worked toward the realization of this vision.”

The “worked toward” part is perhaps where many people miss Wattles message. Wattles said in The Science of Getting Rich, “By thought the thing you want is brought to you, by action you receive it.” What could be more clear. What great words, what a great thought.

You will find recordings of this book and an electronic copy in the resources section of this site which is in the upper right of our home page.

Some Quotes from his works:

1. “And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”
2. “By thought, the thing you want is brought to you. By action, you receive it.”
3. ”The grateful mind is constantly fixed upon the best. Therefore it tends to become the best. It takes the form or character of the best, and will receive the best.”
4. ”The object of all life is development; and everything that lives has an inalienable right to all the development it is capable of attaining.”
5. ”Love is not sent to us by a power outside ourselves; it must be won.”
6. “There is no labor from which most people shrink as they do from that of sustained and consecutive thought; it is the hardest work in the world.”
7. “You can begin to be great to-day in your own home, in your store or office, on the street, everywhere; you can begin to make yourself known as great; and you can do this by doing everything you do in a great way.”
8. “Give every man more in use value than you take from him in cash value; then you are adding to the life of the world by every business transaction.”
9. ”There is an inflow of vital power, which is received by all living organisms during sleep ….. this vital energy is the only power by which the body may be healed, repaired, renewed or maintained.”
10. “Many people who order their lives rightly, in all other ways are kept in poverty by their lack of gratitude.”

Another of Wattles books is “The Science of Being Great.”