Edgar Cayce Quotes – Wisdom and Insights from the Sleeping Prophet

Dreams indeed are ambition; for the very looking forward to them makes the mind more wakeful.

The soul is known through its activities.

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

Only when a person has learned to understand himself, can he begin to understand others.

Thoughts are things.

The spirit is the life, the mind is the builder, and the physical is the result.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

Kind words are the music of the world.

You are better off doing something imperfectly than not doing it at all.

Your thoughts are prayers, and the universe is always listening.

There is no stress that the human body cannot handle, but there are plenty of stresses that the human mind cannot handle.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.

Happiness comes not from having, but from being.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.

The more you seek security, the less of it you have.

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good actions; try to use ordinary situations.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

The most effective way to do it is to do it.

Success is not in what you have, but who you are.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

Be so good they can’t ignore you.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts today.

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop.

The best revenge is massive success.

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

Those who believe in themselves can achieve greatness.

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.

Your biggest challenge isn’t someone else; it’s the ache in your lungs and the burning in your legs, and the voice inside you that yells CAN’T, but you don’t listen. You just push harder. And then you hear the voice whisper can. And you discover that the person you thought you were is no match for the one you really are.

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Success is not easy. It comes from hard work, dedication, determination, and a strong belief in oneself.

The biggest power in life is the power to change, adapt, and grow.

Don’t be afraid to fail, be afraid not to try.