If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life: not on what you don't want.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
Life is a mirror of your consistent thoughts.
A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can't be done.
Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.
One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile.
You will attract to yourself people who harmonize with your own philosophy of life, whether you wish it or not.
Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
The moment you commit and quit holding back, all sorts of unforeseen incidents, meetings, and material assistance will rise up to help you. The simple act of commitment is a powerful magnet for help.
You will never be greater than the thoughts that dominate your mind
Life reflects your own thoughts back to you.
When you close the door of your mind to negative thoughts, the door of opportunity opens to you.
It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
It is as true as that night follows day, that the man who does more than he is paid for, and does it in a pleasant mental attitude, sooner or later is paid for more than he does.
A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.
The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.
A goal is a dream with a deadline.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time.
Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
Nothing is impossible to the person who backs DESIRE with enduring FAITH.
Whatever you think today becomes what you are tomorrow.
The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.
Work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.
Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of HARD work!
Fear is a habit, so is self pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves: I can and I will.
We are the masters of our fate, the captains of our souls, because we have the power to control our thoughts.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.
The man who always takes and never gives is not a leader. He is a parasite.
When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.
Action is the real measure of intelligence.
You either control your mind or it controls you.
Understand that the only way to get happiness is by giving it away to others.
Celebrate your success and stand strong when adversity hits, for when the storm clouds come in, the eagles soar while the small birds take cover.
Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.
Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.
Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life
To become successful you must be a person of action. Merely to "know" is not sufficient. It is necessary both to know and do.
You can be anything you want to be, if only you believe with sufficient conviction and act in accordance with your faith; for whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.
It is always better to imitate a successful man than to envy him.
Every negative event contains within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
