You are where you are because of your thinking. Your thinking dictates your decisions. Decisions are choices.
If you do not want an average life, you must be on guard against, and quietly suspicious of, conclusions made by conventional thinking.
I possess the greatest power ever bestowed upon mankind, the power of choice.
Failure exists only for the person who quits. I do not quit.
Their leader had no real knowledge of warfare or tactics. I was only a stubborn man and that was my greatest advantage in this fight.
Be careful about what you think you know. Because you can’t always believe everything you think.
9. How can we tell if a politician is telling the truth? Is there a way to know for sure? You may remember the old joke: “How do you know if a politician is lying? If he’s moving his lips.” It’s not that funny anymore, is it? Obviously, there is no certain way to know at the moment something is said. But remember this: past performance serves to reveal future behavior. A person who has exhibited a pattern of lying is a liar.
What is it about me that other people would change if they could?” He.
If it is true that your choices determine your destiny, and if the truth is that your thinking determines your choices, then it is, in fact, your thinking that determines your destiny.
It is time for us to part, my friend. Perhaps our time together will bring more understanding to your life’s journey. I can do nothing to alleviate your struggles and would not if I were able. It is never the duty of a leader to struggle for someone else; a leader must encourage others to struggle and assure them that the struggles are worthwhile. Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.
Truth is truth. If a thousand people believe something foolish, it is still foolish! Truth is never dependent upon consensus of opinion. I have found that it is better to be alone and acting upon the truth in my heart than to follow a gaggle of silly geese doomed to mediocrity.
My smile has become my calling card. It is, after all, the most potent weapon I possess.
You will become a lighthouse of personal growth and power, and by your example and leadership, you will prevent many a worthy man from crashing his life upon the rocks of mediocrity.
My life will not be an apology. It will be a statement.
Most people live under the misconception that it takes a long time to change. This is not true. It can take a long time to prepare to change or to decide to change or even to want to change. Change itself, however, happens in a heartbeat.
The way a person thinks is the key to everything that follows – good or bad, success or failure. A person’s thinking – the way he thinks – is the foundation structure upon which a life is built. Thinking guides decisions. Thinking – how a person thinks – determines every choice.
A nation that has forgotten the quality of leadership it took to make a civilization great in the past is not likely to insist on greatness in its leaders today.
It was easier to fall asleep in the chair and just wake up in the morning.
We all feel better when we are grateful. There is great wisdom in understanding that no matter the situation, there is always something for which we can choose to be grateful.
Our tendency is to try something a few times, and if it works, it gets reinforced, and we continue to do it; if it doesn’t work, we abandon it. In psychology this is called the law of effects – we tend to keep doing things we are rewarded for doing. The opposite, however, is also true: we tend to avoid what punishes us or gives us pain.