As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.
If my life has had a theme, I suppose it has been a typical American theme in that, for most of it, I have been looking for happiness and success.
It’s absolutely true that unless you can instill discipline upon yourself, you will never be able to lead others.
Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.
Since belief determines behavior, doesn’t it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
At 25, I was in the audience of my first professional speaker, Bob Bales. His presentation got my attention. I had never seen anyone having so much fun ‘at work’ and getting paid for it!
If you are somebody to anybody, you’re somebody.
If you don’t have time to invest in a goals program is it possible that you don’t have time because you don’t have a goals program?
Have an attitude of gratidude and you will have more to be grateful for; have a complaining spirit and you will attract more to complain about.
It’s impossible to consistently behave in a manner inconsistent with how we see ourselves. We can do very few things in a positive way if we feel negative about ourselves.
What you picture in your mind, your mind will go to work to accomplish. When you change your pictures you automatically change your performance.
Success comes in cans, failure comes in can’ts.
Beautiful things happen in your life when you distance yourself from the negative things.
You cannot achieve someone else’s goals.
Just saying you are better than good won’t make it so. But, when you understand what it takes to live the better than good life, and you apply yourself, your life will truly be better than good.
The problem is not getting rid of fear, but using it properly.
Being productive gives people a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that loafing never can.
Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.
Whether it’s eight o’clock in the morning or eight o’clock at night, I always try to greet others before they have a chance to speak to me.
I’ve got to confess I’m a pragmatic optimist myself.