Top Quotes From The 14 Lessons from "How To Get Anything You Want"

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to effortlessly manifest their dreams while others struggle despite working twice as hard? The answer lies not in external circumstances, but in mastering your inner landscape.

In the transformative book "How To Get Anything You Want," we discover that true power comes from within—from understanding the relationship between our conscious mind, subconscious patterns, and daily choices. This collection of 140 carefully curated quotes offers a roadmap to personal mastery that few have discovered.

"You are not a victim of circumstance—you are the sculptor of your reality."

This isn't just another collection of feel-good phrases. These are practical truths that invite you into a different way of living—one where you recognize that your thoughts create your reality, your emotions shape your experiences, and your subconscious mind is waiting to be programmed for success.

"Your subconscious creates the inner climate for your outer performance."

From understanding the power of desire to mastering your moods, from building authentic relationships to discovering your supreme wish—these fourteen lessons provide a comprehensive framework for transformation. Each quote serves as both a mirror and a map, reflecting where you currently stand and illuminating the path forward.

"Success is the fulfilling of your highest desire."

What makes this approach different is its emphasis on inner work as the foundation for outer achievement. Instead of pushing harder against external resistance, you'll learn to align your conscious intentions with your subconscious patterns—creating momentum that feels more like flow than force.

Are you ready to stop spinning your wheels and start creating from the inside out? This journey of self-mastery begins with a simple truth: anything you truly want begins within you.

Let's explore the fourteen essential lessons that will transform how you think, feel, and create your reality.

Every lesson you learn has the potential to shift your entire life trajectory—but sometimes, it’s the right words at the right time that ignite that shift.

These 140 quotes, pulled from each lesson in your growth journey, offer bite-sized power and deep soul-truths. Whether you’re revisiting a lesson or just discovering the path, let these quotes resonate, re-center, and refocus you.

Lesson I: How Your Predominant Moods Make Your Life

Your moods aren’t just background music—they’re the invisible architects of your everyday life. This first lesson shows how your emotional tone becomes the blueprint your subconscious follows. The quotes here are foundational truths to awaken the power of your inner state.

• Our lives are not just a series of accidental happenings—but the outer circumstances built directly or indirectly by our inner feelings.

• The subconscious mind is like a cannon that always fires back upon you—laden with realities that match your predominant moods.

• It is not what you say, do, or pretend—it is what you feel that determines your results.

• Thought is another name for fate. Choose now thy destiny, do not wait.

• Every garden grows according to the seed. Plant roses, and you’ll harvest roses—even in poor soil.

• No one outside yourself can ruin your life. No one but yourself can make it successful or happy.

• You are the master of your life—the tailor of the garment you wear every day.

• The pessimist sees the hole; the optimist sees the doughnut.

• What you feel in your bones, you bring to pass.

• You and you alone can give orders to your subconscious—it knows no will but yours.

Lesson II: How to Remake Our Moods for Mastery

Moods can feel automatic, but they're actually adjustable. Lesson II is your call to become the craftsman of your emotional state. These quotes reveal how simple choices and perspective shifts can rebuild the energy you're operating from.

• We are the sole makers and absolute controllers of our own predominant moods.

• We rid the subconscious of anything simply by refusing to dwell upon it.

• You can build harmonious attitudes with incredible rapidity.

• We ally ourselves with all our God-given powers the moment we start building upward.

• Turn toward the right—and the whole universe moves to meet you.

• Every time we lift our hearts we are met by some shining power greater than ourselves.

• There is no such thing as standing still. You are always building something—make it what you want.

• You can’t kill your spiritual element. So why not work with it?

• Every upward turn of mood releases new power and purpose.

• The moment you stop rehearsing failure and begin imagining success—you start rewiring your destiny.

Lesson III: How to Know What You Want Most

Clarity is power. This lesson walks you into the core question: What do you want most? Until you know that, everything else remains fuzzy. These quotes bring sharpness to desire and a call to choose with your whole heart.

• Nothing will bring you what you want until you know exactly what it is.

• You must choose what you want most—not second most.

• Your subconscious works best under orders—clear, definite, fearless ones.

• Most people never succeed because they never quite make up their minds to.

• Drift, not failure, is the great enemy of success.

• Your inner forces cannot rally around a half-hearted hope.

• Vague longings produce vague results.

• Desire, concentrated and consistent, becomes power.

• Write your supreme wish on your heart—and act as if it were already yours.

• He who hesitates to choose, hands over his power to circumstances.

Lesson IV: How to Set the Next Gage for What You Want

Desire without direction is chaos. This lesson teaches you to “set the gage”—to consciously program your inner instrument panel for where you want to go next. These quotes remind you: your job isn’t to power the engine, just steer it clearly.

• You may set the gages and indicators for anything you want, and some day it will materialize.

• The subconscious works with eternal, immutable, divine laws—it does not guess, it obeys.

• Imagine a machine ten thousand times more versatile than an electric stove—and you get an idea of your inner self.

• Your job is not to supply the power, but to direct the flow.

• Follow the directions. Trust the system. It works because it was built by higher laws than yours.

• The subconscious does not respond to vague requests—it needs definite instruction.

• Set it and let it work. Go on about your day. Stop interfering with worry.

• The forces within you are precise—they only bring back what you requested.

• You can ruin the process with doubt just as surely as you can ruin a roast by opening the oven every 10 minutes.

• You were built to succeed. Operate according to your design.

Lesson V: How to Prepare for What You Want

Preparation is faith in motion. This lesson shows how inward alignment—what you're truly preparing for emotionally—directly affects what shows up. These quotes reveal the hidden connection between what you expect and what you receive.

• The more quickly we prepare for it, the more quickly we get it.

• Life pays no attention to what you pretend—it delivers what you are secretly preparing for.

• Preparation is the proof of desire.

• Every great life condition fits like a tailored garment—because it was made for you by your own subconscious patterns.

• You are always preparing for something, even when unaware of it.

• People don’t stumble into success—they prepare for it silently and invisibly, long before it arrives.

• Your subconscious doesn’t listen to your words—it obeys your inner expectations.

• If you haven’t received it yet, don’t worry—it may still be building. But check your blueprint.

• Failure often comes to those who expect it quietly, while saying something else out loud.

• Prepare inwardly, act outwardly, and what you want must come.

Lesson VI: How to Find the Open Doors to What You Want

The path is never blocked—it’s just sometimes disguised as growth. In this lesson, you're reminded that life is full of open doors, but they often require personal expansion to pass through. These quotes help you identify the doorways and develop the courage to walk through.

• Whatever you really want is waiting for you—and the door leading to it is always and forever open.

• Your House of Life is a hall of many mansions… each more beautiful than the last, but less lovely than the next.

• You must go through the room you’re in to reach the one you want. There are no shortcuts.

• The doors swing only one way—forward. You can never go back.

• The hinges are built for one-way passage only.

• No man can shut your door—and none but you can walk through it.

• What seems like delay is often preparation. Don’t mistake the hallway for the end.

• Passage through to something better requires growth—no other ticket will be accepted.

• You are the key, the doorkeeper, and the traveler.

• Nothing can keep you from thine own—except thine own slothful mind.

Lesson VII: How to Make Your Desires Materialize

Desire isn't enough. Action, alignment, and willingness to “pay the price” are key. This lesson shows how desire begins the process, but determination and transformation finish it. These quotes deliver truth about the cost and reward of going all-in.

• Each gate is a toll gate, but once you’ve paid the fee, it stays open to you forever.

• The saddest part is this: people live in small lives that cost as much effort as big ones.

• The farther you go, the easier the passage becomes.

• Success gathers momentum. What first felt like strain becomes smooth and joyful.

• Those who stop moving forward usually don’t lack energy—they lack vision.

• Desire is the divine magnet pulling you into your rightful city. Don’t resist it.

• You must choose: comfort and limitation, or cost and expansion.

• Each new room, each new reward, requires its own entrance. There are no shortcuts.

• You are not paying to deserve your desire. You are paying to align with it.

• All the joys of life await—but only for those who are willing to move beyond the suburbs.

Lesson VIII: Your Secret, Subconscious Self

Your subconscious is always working, even while you sleep. This lesson invites you to partner with it, not ignore or fight it. These quotes highlight how critical it is to understand and nurture this silent co-creator of your life.

• The subconscious never sleeps. It is always at work building your future.

• It is not what you command with your mouth but what you picture and feel that guides your life.

• Your subconscious obeys every blueprint you give it—good or bad.

• Your words shape your destiny because they speak to the deeper self.

• Emotions are the tools that sculpt the subconscious.

• You cannot trick your inner self—it knows your true belief.

• Treat your subconscious like a garden—protect it, nurture it, trust it.

• The better you understand it, the more miracles you will see.

• Silently and faithfully, your subconscious is preparing your next reality.

• Change your inputs, and you change your life.

Lesson IX: Your Emotions

Emotions aren’t problems—they’re power sources. This lesson teaches how to direct emotional energy wisely rather than be ruled by it. These quotes remind us that emotional maturity is a superpower—and the doorway to self-leadership.

• Man is superior in proportion as his mind rules his emotions.

• Emotions are not meant to be denied—but directed.

• Most people are driven by feelings they’ve never paused to understand.

• One emotion, unchecked, can sabotage years of progress.

• Gratitude is the gateway to every higher feeling.

• You are not your emotions—you are their observer and guide.

• Happiness is a magnet—misery is a repellent.

• You must choose: Will you be a reactor or a responder?

• The most powerful people feel deeply and direct wisely.

• Emotional mastery is the secret advantage of every great leader.

Lesson X: Mental Miracles

If your mind is aligned, almost anything becomes possible. This lesson shows how miracles aren’t random—they’re the byproducts of a believing, focused mind. These quotes teach you to expect greatness and align your thoughts accordingly.

• The mind is the greatest miracle machine ever created.

• Mental miracles are not accidents—they are results of alignment.

• Speak the word, and believe it is done.

• What you see in your mind becomes what you hold in your hand.

• Faith is the fertilizer of miracles.

• Your belief writes the instructions your subconscious obeys.

• All great achievers mastered the mind before the method.

• Miracles happen in atmospheres of belief.

• The miraculous is the natural—understood and used.

• Expect the extraordinary—and it becomes ordinary.

Lesson XI: Love, Courtship, and Marriage

Love isn’t just chemistry—it’s conscious connection and mutual growth. This lesson reframes relationships as spiritual tools for becoming our best selves. The quotes here speak to authenticity, partnership, and how to love from a place of strength.

• Love is the strongest and most sacred force known to mankind.

• Marriage must be built on mutual growth, not mere affection.

• The surest way to attract the right person is to become the right person.

• Compatibility isn’t magic—it’s shared emotional tone.

• Love reveals you to yourself.

• No other person can fix what you haven’t faced.

• Relationship is the fastest path to spiritual refinement.

• Communication is not just what you say—but how you say it.

• A growing partnership is a glowing one.

• You are worthy of love, and responsible for receiving it well.

Lesson XII: Success and Your Supreme Wish

True success doesn’t come from hustling blindly—it comes from pursuing what matters most to your soul. This lesson returns you to your supreme wish, and the quotes here push you to define success on your terms and live in deep alignment.

• Success is the fulfilling of your highest desire.

• Your supreme wish is your soul’s signature.

• If your work doesn’t build your dream, it’s building someone else’s.

• Peace is the truest measure of progress.

• You will never feel fully alive until you pursue what matters most.

• True success is inner congruence.

• Don’t confuse movement with meaning.

• What calls you, grows you.

• No one else can define success for your soul.

• The path of your supreme wish is always open—if you’re brave enough to walk it.

Lesson XIII: Healing Ourselves and Helping Others

You can’t pour from an empty cup. This lesson invites you to see healing not as selfish, but sacred. The quotes below teach that healing isn’t a final state—it’s a pathway to deeper service and compassionate leadership.

• Escape lies in himself—but he isn’t making the effort.

• You cannot heal others while staying sick yourself.

• What you overcome becomes your offering.

• Healing is not perfection—it’s progress.

• Compassion for self is the root of compassion for others.

• Helping is not fixing—it’s seeing and standing with.

• Your story is someone else’s survival guide.

• Self-healing is an act of leadership.

• To serve well, you must heal well.

• You are your own best evidence that transformation is real.

Lesson XIV: How to Let Your Subconscious Help You in Your Work

Your subconscious isn’t just for mindset—it’s your ultimate productivity partner. This lesson shows how peak performance and fulfillment come from inward alignment. These final quotes encourage you to treat your inner life as part of your workflow.

• Your subconscious creates the inner climate for your outer performance.

• Let your mind work for you—not against you.

• The most productive people prepare inwardly before acting outwardly.

• Your thoughts before work shape your results during work.

• Creativity is the subconscious speaking.

• Ask your mind to solve problems—and it will.

• Flow comes from emotional alignment—not just planning.

• Don’t rush. Rhythm is wiser than hustle.

• Purpose fuels productivity.

• Your subconscious is your most powerful co-worker.

Conclusion: The Journey Within

These 140 quotes are more than inspirational soundbites—they are signposts for transformation. Taken together, they form a compass for navigating your inner life, developing emotional mastery, creating intentional success, and building relationships that elevate and heal.

Let this collection be your daily reminder that you are not a victim of circumstance—you are the sculptor of your reality. Choose your mood, clarify your desire, direct your subconscious, heal deeply, love boldly, and above all, keep growing.

You were made for mastery—begin within.