Successful people, in all callings, never stop acquiring specialized knowledge related to their major purpose, business, or profession.
If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.
You have absolute control over just one thing, your thoughts. This divine gift is the sole means by which you may control your destiny. If you fail to control your mind, you will control nothing else.
You can be anything you want to be, if only you believe with sufficient conviction and act in accordance with your faith; for whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Remember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure.
Decide where you are going and how you are to get there. Then make a start from where you now stand.
Whatever you think today becomes what you are tomorrow.
The ability to negotiate with other people without friction and argument is the outstanding quality of all successful people.
It is always better to imitate a successful man than to envy him.
The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.
Without doubt, the most common weakness of all human beings is the habit of leaving their minds open to the negative influence of other people.
Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand & work with whatever tools you may have.
The person who sows a single beautiful thought in the mind of another, renders the world a greater service than that rendered by all the faultfinders combined.
If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.
Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
The person who stops studying merely because he has finished school is forever hopelessly doomed to mediocrity, no matter what may be his calling. The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
Live each day as if it were your last, and you’ll develop a keen respect for opportunity.
You will never be greater than the thoughts that dominate your mind
Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.
Your attitude towards problems, difficulties, and adversities is the most important factor in overcoming them.
A state of mind is something that one assumes. It cannot be purchased, it must be created.
It takes a habit to replace a habit.
The man of decision cannot be stopped! The man of indecision cannot be started! Take your own choice.
Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you; until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire; until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.
If it isn't your job to do it, perhaps it is your opportunity
No man is ever whipped until he quits - in his own mind.
Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of HARD work!
One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile.
The imagination is the workshop of the soul, where are shaped all the plans for individual achievement.
Anything acquired without effort, and without cost is generally unappreciated.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
Every time you change your orders without obvious reason, you weaken your authority.
Deliberately seek the company of people who influence you to think and act on building the life you desire.
Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.
Burn the boats as you enter the island and you will take the island.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
You will attract to yourself people who harmonize with your own philosophy of life, whether you wish it or not.
Riches don't respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.
Both success and failure are largely the results of HABIT!
If you learn to budget your time correctly, you will have time for all your needs.
There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of LACK OF AMBITION!
Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire brings a small amount of heat.
When Opportunity came, the person didn't realize it because it came in the form of misfortune.
To succeed in life, succeed at being yourself.
Life is a mirror of your consistent thoughts.
Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.
Life reflects your own thoughts back to you.
Whatever your mind feeds upon your mind attracts to you.
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Start going the extra mile and opportunity will follow you.
Set your target and keep trying until you reach it.
Your mental attitude gives your entire personality a drawing power that attracts the circumstances, things and people you think about most!
Every adversity contains, at the same time, a seed of equivalent opportunity!
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
You may be hurt if you love too much, but you will live in misery if you love too little.
Trying to get without first giving is as fruitless as trying to reap without having sown.
There is a vast difference between failure and temporary defeat.
The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a definite plan.
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way. Don't wait for great opportunities. Seize common, everyday ones and make them great.
Genius is merely the capacity for taking infinite pains.
Your real boss is the one who walks around under your hat.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds
If you have a strong belief in yourself, in what you are doing and what you want to do, no adversity is too difficult to overcome.
To become successful you must be a person of action. Merely to "know" is not sufficient. It is necessary both to know and do.
You either control your mind or it controls you.
Behind every adversity - is an opportunity!
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
A closed mind stumbles over the blessings of life without recognizing them.
Time is wealth, and unlike money when it is gone you cannot replace it.
A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can't be done.
The best way to succeed in this world is to act on the advice you give to others.
Success is knowing what you're doing, loving what you're doing, and believing what you're doing
Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.
Focus on the possibilities for success, not on the potential for failure
The only person to get even with are those who have helped you.
The moment you commit and quit holding back, all sorts of unforeseen incidents, meetings, and material assistance will rise up to help you. The simple act of commitment is a powerful magnet for help.
Discipline comes through self control. This means that you must control all negative qualities. Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself. Self-mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life: not on what you don't want.
The worst of all human ailments: indecision.
You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are being most unfairly tested, you are being prepared for great achievement.
Your real wealth can be measured not by what you have but by who you are.
If you try and fail, make another effort, and still another...until you succeed.
It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
If you fail to control your own mind, you may be sure you will control nothing else.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
Enthusiasm is the steam that drives the engine.
Find out what you really love to do, and then find a way to make a good living doing it.
Your only limitation is the one you set up in your own mind!
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.
One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.
The primary reason for failure is that people do not develop new plans to replace those plans that didn't work.
When you close the door of your mind to negative thoughts, the door of opportunity opens to you.
It is as true as that night follows day, that the man who does more than he is paid for, and does it in a pleasant mental attitude, sooner or later is paid for more than he does.
Work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.
Buying cheap to save money is like stopping the clock to save time. Neither works.
You have within you all the power you need with which to get whatever you want or need in this world.
Nothing is impossible to the person who backs DESIRE with enduring FAITH.
If you can conceive something in your mind and believe it to be true, then you can achieve it.
Most misfortunes are the results of misused time.
There is a difference between wishing for a thing and being ready to receive it.
Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time.
You will resemble, tomorrow, the DOMINATING THOUGHTS that you keep alive in your mind today!
Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
Fear is a habit, so is self pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves: I can and I will.
Understand that the only way to get happiness is by giving it away to others.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
A goal is a dream with a deadline.
Action is the real measure of intelligence.
If you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance.
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
You can't change where you started, but you can change the direction you are going. It's not what you are going to do, but it's what you are doing now that counts.
Desire backed by faith knows no such word as impossible.
Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.
One of the most valuable things any person can learn is the art of using the knowledge and experience of others.
Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
Anything you do to and for another person, you do it to and for yourself
