You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.
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.
A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can't be done.
Concentration requires a definiteness of purpose in such proportion that it becomes an obsession. There's no use of having a motive unless you put obsession of desire or obsession of purpose in back of it.
Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.
The subconscious mind only knows what you tell it, or what you allow other people to tell it, or what you allow the circumstance of life to tell it ... it accepts the things that you send over, and if you send over predominating thoughts on poverty and ill health and failure, that's exactly what you'll get.
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
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 goa.
I don't know of any one quality or trait that can get a person an opportunity quicker than to go out of his way or her way to do somebody a favor, or do something useful.
Being recognized for personal initiative, a pleasing personality, or outstanding work is a strong motive to inspire cooperation. Give a person recognition when he does a good job; say so, and do something about it.
Lack of persistence is one of the major causes of failure. Moreover, experience with thousands of people has proved that lack of persistence is a weakness common to the majority of men. It is a weakness which may be overcome with effort.
You don't have to be very brilliant. You don't have to have such a wonderful education. You can be an outstanding success if you will only take what little you have, whether it's little or much, and start using it, putting it into operation, doing something about it, and doing something with it. And, of course, that calls for initiative.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
Understand that the only way to get happiness is by giving it away to others.
The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.
Just think of all the things the mind of man has brought forth to introduce people to one another.
The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.
If you want the mind to pick up an idea and to form a habit so that the mind will automatically act upon that idea, you've got to tell the mind what you want, over and over and over again.
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.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
Man is not bound by instinct; man is bound only by the imagination and the willpower of his own mind.
One of the best things that can happen to you is to meet with problems, circumstances, and incidents that force you to think, because without a motive, you might not do much thinking anyway.
Hoping is better than wishing. Because the difference between a hope and a wish is that hope is a beginning to take on faith.
Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
Be careful what you set your heart upon because, if you set your heart on anything and stand by that decision, you're going to get it.
Whatever it is that you lack in education, or knowledge, or influence, you can always obtain it through somebody who has it. Exchange of favors and exchange of knowledge is one of the greatest exchanges in the world.
You may be hurt if you love too much, but you will live in misery if you love too little.
You can't have good health, prosperity, happiness, or peace of mind if you're going to fear anything--even death, most of all. Personally, I'm looking forward to death with great anticipation. It's going to be one of the most unusual interludes of my whole life.
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
Do not wait: the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness
Set aside a definite amount for investment, even if it's only as small as a dollar a week or even 50 cents a week. It's not the amount that's important, it's the habit of being resourceful and frugal.
The truth of the matter is that your emotions are not reliable at all. The emotion of love, for instance, is the greatest and the grandest of all the emotions, and yet it can also be the most dangerous. More trouble in human relationships grows out of misunderstanding the emotion of love than all other sources of difficulty combined.
Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
If you want to do something, work yourself into a state of wild enthusiasm and go to work where you stand, even if it's nothing more than drawing a picture in your mind of the thing you want to do, and keep drawing that picture, making it more vivid all the time.
Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
Being recognized for personal initiative, a pleasing personality, or outstanding work is a strong motive to inspire cooperation. Give a person recognition when he does a good job; say so, and do something about it.
Lack of persistence is one of the major causes of failure. Moreover, experience with thousands of people has proved that lack of persistence is a weakness common to the majority of men. It is a weakness which may be overcome with effort.
You don't have to be very brilliant. You don't have to have such a wonderful education. You can be an outstanding success if you will only take what little you have, whether it's little or much, and start using it, putting it into operation, doing something about it, and doing something with it. And, of course, that calls for initiative.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
Understand that the only way to get happiness is by giving it away to others.
The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.
Just think of all the things the mind of man has brought forth to introduce people to one another.
Don't take it too seriously, no matter what it is. During the Depression, I had four of my friends commit suicide. Two of them jumped off tall buildings, one shot himself, and another one took poison. They did it because they lost all their money. I lost twice as much as they did, but I didn't jump off any building, I didn't shoot myself, I didn't poison myself ... My mental attitude toward it was to start immediately looking for that seed of improvement.
The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.
If you want the mind to pick up an idea and to form a habit so that the mind will automatically act upon that idea, you've got to tell the mind what you want, over and over and over again.
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.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
Man is not bound by instinct; man is bound only by the imagination and the willpower of his own mind.
One of the best things that can happen to you is to meet with problems, circumstances, and incidents that force you to think, because without a motive, you might not do much thinking anyway.
Hoping is better than wishing. Because the difference between a hope and a wish is that hope is a beginning to take on faith.
Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
Be careful what you set your heart upon because, if you set your heart on anything and stand by that decision, you're going to get it.
Whatever it is that you lack in education, or knowledge, or influence, you can always obtain it through somebody who has it. Exchange of favors and exchange of knowledge is one of the greatest exchanges in the world.
You may be hurt if you love too much, but you will live in misery if you love too little.
You can't have good health, prosperity, happiness, or peace of mind if you're going to fear anything--even death, most of all. Personally, I'm looking forward to death with great anticipation. It's going to be one of the most unusual interludes of my whole life.
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
Do not wait: the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness
Set aside a definite amount for investment, even if it's only as small as a dollar a week or even 50 cents a week. It's not the amount that's important, it's the habit of being resourceful and frugal.
The truth of the matter is that your emotions are not reliable at all. The emotion of love, for instance, is the greatest and the grandest of all the emotions, and yet it can also be the most dangerous. More trouble in human relationships grows out of misunderstanding the emotion of love than all other sources of difficulty combined.
Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
If you want to do something, work yourself into a state of wild enthusiasm and go to work where you stand, even if it's nothing more than drawing a picture in your mind of the thing you want to do, and keep drawing that picture, making it more vivid all the time.
Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them.
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