When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.
If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.
You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want.
Failure is an event, not a person.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.
It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.
This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt. Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.
The way you see your future determines your thinking today. Your thinking today determines your performance today. Your performance in today’s life determines your future.
That’s why we recommend it daily.
For every sale you miss because you’re too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you’re not enthusiastic enough.
I’m not in the speech making business. I’m not in the seminar business. I’m not in the writing book business. I’m in the changing lives business.
Forgiveness takes the burden of hate, guilt, and bitterness off your back and, with a lighter load, you can climb higher and faster, and be much happier in the process.
If you pump casually, you will pump forever. Pump hard to begin with and keep it up until you get that water flowing. Then a great deal will happen.
Individuals score points, but teams win games.
Happiness is the result of what you do.
Regardless of your lot in life, you can build something beautiful on it.
Hard times always uncover the basic goodness and evil of the day.
It’s our responsibility to see to it that the good outweighs the evil and I am convinced beyond a doubt that today’s Americans will do exactly that!
I am so thankful I had the strength and promises of a loving God to guide my choices and decisions, and to uphold me through the unbelievably dark days and times of overwhelming sorrow.