The key of success is for you to set one big, challenging goal and then to pay any price, overcome any obstacle and persist through any difficulty until you finally achieve it.
Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.
Clear, written goals have a wonderful effect on your thinking. They motivate you and galvanize you into action. They stimulate your creativity, release your energy, and help you to overcome procrastination as much as any other factor.
There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.
Be clear about your goal but be flexible about the process of achieving it.
Time is your most precious resource; make every minute count.
Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.
Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
Even in such technical lines as engineering, about 15% of one’s financial success is due one’s technical knowledge and about 85% is due to skill in human engineering, to personality and the ability to lead people.
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.
Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.
Motivation is motive in action.
Everything begins with an idea.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
One customer, well taken care of, could be more valuable than $10,000 worth of advertising.
If you want to have more, you have to become more!
Direction determines destination. So the question you must ask yourself is, ‘Are all the disciplines that I’m currently engaged in taking me where I want to go?’
Successful people are action oriented.
Attitude drives actions. Actions drive results. Results drive lifestyles.