It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.
To earn more, you must learn more.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What’s in it for me?
Activity equals results. If you want to increase your success, increase your activity. Increase contact with customers. The more people you contact, the higher your sales will be because of the law of probabilities.
Successful people are simply those with successful habits.
Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.
There are no limits on what you can achieve with your life, except the limits you accept in your mind.
Activity equals results. If you want to increase your success, increase your activity.
Top people have very clear goals. They know who they are and they know what they want. They write it down and they make plans for its accomplishment.
Time is your most precious resource; make every minute count.
Approach each customer with the idea of helping him or her solve a problem or achieve a goal, not of selling a product or service.
Be intensely result-oriented in everything you do. This is a key characteristic of high performers.
Persistence is the great measure of individual human character.
Almost all unhappiness in life comes from the tendency to blame someone else.
Most great fortunes are built slowly. They are based on the principle of compound interest, what Albert Einstein called, “The greatest power in the universe.”
There is a direct relationship between self-discipline and self-esteem.