If a person is working toward a predetermined goal and knows where to go, then that person is successful. If a person does not know which direction they want to go in life, then that person is a failure.
The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers.
It’s never too late, for with a purpose, a worthy goal and a motivation to reach those upper layers on the pyramid, a person can travel further in a few years than he might otherwise travel in a lifetime.
The key that unlocks energy is desire. It’s also the key to a long and interesting life. If we expect to create any drive, any real force within ourselves, we have to get excited.
The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!
You are, at this moment, standing, right in the middle of your own ‘acres of diamonds.’
If a person will spend one hour a day on the same subject for five years, that person will be an expert on that subject.
Security isn’t what the wise person looks for; it’s opportunity. And once we begin looking for that, we find it on every side. You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together.
Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you’ll be doing when you’ve reached your goal.
Watch what everyone else does – do the opposite. The majority is always wrong.
If we can augment our gift giving by giving more of ourselves to those we love, all the time and in various ways, we will have a good chance of helping them and ourselves live happier, better lives.
People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.
The picture you have of yourself, your self-esteem, will have a profound effect on the way you see the world and the way your world sees you.
People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be – whether they will admit that or not.
Shooting for the top will bring out the best that’s in you.
Our rewards in life will always be in exact proportion to the amount of consideration we show toward others.
Successful people form the habit of doing what failures don’t like to do. They like the results they get by doing what they don’t necessarily enjoy.
Most people begin their day in neutral. They will simply react to whatever confronts them.
A success is anyone who is doing deliberately a pre-determined job, because that’s what he decided to do deliberately. But only one out of twenty does that.
That’s the secret: be interesting. If you can’t be interesting, shut up. There’s nothing wrong with silence.