"As a man thinks . . . "

Proverbs 23:7

• כִּי כְּמֹו־שָׁעַר בְּנַפְשֹׁו כֶּן־הוּא
• "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he" (KJV)
• "For as he thinks within himself, so he is" (NASB)
• "for he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost" (NIV)
• "for he is like one who is inwardly reckoning" (RSV)
• "For as one that hath reckoned within himself, so is he" (Tanakh, 1917)

"A man is what he thinks about all day long." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

"A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes." (Ghandi)

“A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.” (James Allen)