Earl Nightingale quotes:

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.

All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.

Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.

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.

Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.

Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.

Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.

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!

A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.

Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.

The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.

Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.

Don't concern yourself too much with how you are going to achieve your goal - leave that completely to a power greater than yourself. All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord, and at the right time.

What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.

Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.

We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.

You are, at this moment, standing, right in the middle of your own 'acres of diamonds.'

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Problems are challenges to creative minds. Without problems, there would be little reason to think at all.

Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind.

All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord.

The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else.

We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.

We are all creatures of habit. We can do most things without even thinking about them; our bodies take charge and do them for us.

But the 3% who have taken the time and exercised the discipline to decide on a destination and to chart a course sail straight and far across the deep oceans of life, reaching one port after another and accomplishing more in just a few years than the rest accomplish in a lifetime.

People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be - whether they will admit that or not.

The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now.

Everything that's really worthwhile in life comes to us free - our minds, our souls, our bodies, our hopes, our dreams, our intelligence, our love of family and friends and country. All of these priceless possessions are free.

Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.

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.

If the grass is greener on the other side it`s probably getting better care. Success is a matter of sticking to a set of common sense principles anyone can master.

Every great accomplishment of mankind has been preceded by an extended period, often over many years, of concentrated effort.

A great attitude is not the result of success; success is the result of a great attitude.

People don't have great attitudes because of great success, they have great success largely because of great attitudes.

We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.

Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.

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.

If the average person realized the power he wields over his life and destiny, he would live in a perpetual state of wonder and thanksgiving.

Most people think they want more money than they really do, and they settle for a lot less than they could get

Without a goal we are much like the man with a boat and nowhere to go. Goals give us the drive and energy we need to remain on track long enough for their accomplishment.

I'm grateful for the opportunity to live on this beautiful and astonishing planet Earth. In the morning, I wake up with a sense of gratitude.

Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.

Everything begins with an idea.

We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.

Strange and marvelous things will happen with constant regularity as you alter your life and begin living in harmony with the laws of the universe.

Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; wherever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable.

We tend to live up to our expectations.

Excellence always sells.

We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it.

Mistakes are a natural part of growing up. They're to be expected and made light of. But children bloom like spring flowers under praise. They want so much to be noticed and appreciated, to excel and have that excellence noticed.

People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.

We tend to minimize the things we can do, the goals we can accomplish, and for some equally strange reason we think other people can accomplish things that we cannot. I want you to understand that that is not true. You have deep reservoirs of talent and ability within you that you can bring to the surface and achieve all that you desire

Each of us must live off the fruit of his thoughts in the future, because what you think today and tomorrow, next month and next year, you will mold your life and determine your future. You are guided by your mind.

We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.[so we can see the bright side of everything]

Everything that's really worthwhile in life comes to us.

You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together.

Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.

The big thing is that you know what you want.

One hour per day of study in your chosen field is all it takes. One hour per day of study will put you at the top of your field within three years. Within five years you'll be a national authority. In seven years, you can be one of the best people in the world at what you do.

A single thought can revolutionize your life as it did mine. A single thought can make you rich or it can land you in prison for the rest of your life.

How can I be of the greatest service doing that which I most enjoy doing?

Preparation for life is so important. Luck is what happens when preparedness meets opportunity. Opportunity is all around us. Are you prepared?

We become what we think about.

Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people. Every dollar we will ever earn must come from people. The person we love, and with whom we want to spend the rest of our life, is a human being with whom we must interact. Our children are individuals, each different from any other person who ever lived. And what affects them most is our attitude-the loving kindness they see and feel whenever we are around them. If you'll begin to develop and maintain an attitude that says yes to life and the world, you'll be astonished at the changes you'll see.

We must radiate success before it will come to us. We must first become mentally, from an attitude standpoint, the people we wish to become.

Most people tiptoe their way through life, hoping they make it safely to death.

Real evils can be either cured or endured; it is only imaginary evils that make people anxiety-ridden for a lifetime.

Throughout all history, the great wise men and teachers, philosophers, and prophets have disagreed with one another on many different things. It is only on this one point that they are in complete and unanimous agreement. We become what we think about

Shooting for the top will bring out the best that's in you.

Achievement requires more than a vision - it takes courage, resolve and tenacity. All you have got to do is plant that seed in your mind, care for it, work steadily toward your goal, and it will become a reality

Now, if you want to get rich, you have only to produce a product or service that will give people greater use value than the price you charge for it. How rich you get will be determined by the number of people to whom you can sell the product or service.

Control your thoughts. Decide about that which you will think and concentrate upon. You are in charge of your life to the degree you take charge of your thoughts.

No man can get rich himself unless he enriches others.

All you have to do is hold your goal before you and everything else will take care of itself.

What happens inside always appears outside.

Be positive, cheerful, grateful and expectant.

Most very successful people can remember that their success was discovered and built out of adversity of some kind. It's not the problems that beset us-problems are surprisingly pretty much the same for millions of others-it's how we react to problems that determines not only our degree of growth and maturity but our future success-and, perhaps, much of our health.

The strangest secret in the world is that you become what you think about.

We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way. We must be the epitome-the embodiment-of success. We must radiate success before it will come to us. We must first become mentally, from an attitude standpoint, the people we wish to become. We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.

For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself, there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. There are also things, harmful attitudes, superstitions, and emotions that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.

Successful people are dreamers who have found a dream too exciting, too important, to remain in the realm of fantasy. Day by day, hour by hour, they toil in the service of their dream until they can see it with their eyes and touch it with their hands.

You can control your attitude. Set it each morning.

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.

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.

There are times for all of us when all the laughter seems to be gone, but we should not permit these periods to last too long. When we've lost our sense of humor, there isn't very much left. We become ridiculous. We must then go to war against the whole world, and that's a war we cannot win.

When the days are too short, chances are you are living at your best.

Do, each day, all that can be done that day. You don't need to overwork-or to rush blindly into your work, trying to do the greatest possible number of things in the shortest possible amount of time. Don't try to do tomorrow's-or next week's-work today. It's not so much the number of the things you do but the quality, the efficiency of each separate action that counts. . . . you need only to succeed in the small tasks of each day. This makes a successful day. With enough of these, you have a successful week, month, year-and lifetime.

Your rewards, all the years of your life, will be in precise proportion to your service. You are here to serve others, just as they serve you.

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.

By being persistent, you're demonstrating faith. Persistence is simply another word for faith. If you didn't have faith, you'd never persist.

Failures . . . believe that their lives are shaped by circumstances ... by things that happen to them ... by exterior forces.

Happiness comes to those who are moving toward something they want very much to happen. And it almost always involves making someone else happy.

That's the secret: be interesting. If you can't be interesting, shut up. There's nothing wrong with silence.

Men credited with all kinds of ability, talent, brains and know how, including the ability to see into the future, frequently have nothing more than the courage to keep everlastingly at what they set out to do. They have that one great quality that is worth more than all the rest put together. They simply will not give up! When a man makes up his mind to do something then it's only a matter of time. Staying with time take bulldog persistence. This seems to be the entrance examination to success - lasting success -- of any kind!

Visualization is the human being's vehicle to the future - good, bad, or indifferent. It's strictly in our control.

Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.

Courage changes things for the better...[With courage you can] stay with something long enough to succeed at it, realizing that it usually takes two, three or four times as long to succeed as you thought or hoped.

Watch what everyone else does--do the opposite. The majority is always wrong.

Successful people are not people without problems. They are people who have learned to solve their problems.

To acheive happiness, we should make certain that we are never without an important goal.

We may avoid the laws of man, but there are greater laws that can't be broken.

With every adversity, there is an equal or greater gift. Keep looking for the gift.

Do what experts since the dawn of recorded history have told you you must do: pay the price by becoming the person you want to become. It's not nearly as difficult as living unsuccessfully.

The only person who succeeds is the person who is progressively realizing a worthy ideal. That's the person who says, 'I'm going to become this' and then begins to work toward that goal

If your attitude toward the world is good, you will obtain good results. If your attitude is excellent, excellent will your results.

Getting rich, or becoming outstanding at anything is all a matter of attitude. You must make up your mind once and for all - you commit yourself - and then just stay with it until you finally have what you set out to get.

To give oneself is the only way of becoming oneself.

About 95% of people can be compared to ships without rudders. Subject to every shift of wind and tide, they're helplessly adrift. And while they fondly hope that they'll one day drift into a rich and successful port, you and I know that for every narrow harbor entrance, there are a 1,000 miles of rocky coastline. The chances against their drifting into port are 1,000 to one.

Time can't be managed. I merely manage activities. Each night, I write down on a sheet of paper a list of the things I have to accomplish the next day. And when I wake up ... I do them.

Getting along well with other people is still the world's most needed skill. With it...there is no limit to what person can do. We need people, we need the cooperation of others. There is very little we can do alone

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.