Believe in Yourself

by Joseph Murphy

‘It is just as easy to imagine yourself successful, as it is to imagine failure but far more interesting.’

‘Feeling is the law and the law is the feeling.’ Feeling is the fountainhead of power. We must charge our mental pictures with feeling in order to get results.

You need to begin to think clearly and with interest about your goal or objective. When your mind is engaged on your goal or objective, you are using the creative law of mind—it will come to pass.

If you imagine that life is cold, cruel, hard, bitter or that struggle and pain are inevitable, you are making life miserable for yourself.

A genius is a man who is in rapport with his subconscious mind.

Long hours, hard labor or burning the midnight oil will not produce a Milton, a Shakespeare or a Beethoven. People accomplish great things through quiet moments, imagining that the invisible things from the foundation of time are clearly visible.

Imagination, when disciplined, spiritualized, controlled and directed becomes the most exalted and noblest attribute of man.

Even though your senses deny what you pray for, affirm that it is true in your heart.

Never permit your imagination to be used negatively; never distort or twist it. You can imagine sickness, accident and loss to allow yourself to become a mental wreck. To imagine sickness and lack is to destroy your peace of mind, health and happiness.

His basic theme is that the solution to problems lies within oneself. Outside elements cannot change one’s thinking. That is, your mind is your own. To live a better life, it’s your mind not outside circumstances, that you must change. You create your own destiny. The power of change is in your mind. By using the power of your subconscious mind, you can make those changes for the better.

‘You are the king, the ruler of your world for you are one with God.’