Earl Nightingale Quotes

Self-pity is an acid which eats holes in happiness.

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.

Every one of us is the sum total of our own thoughts.

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

To give oneself is the only way of becoming oneself.

Don't wait for change. You change.

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

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

If honesty did not exist, it would have to be invented, as it is the surest way of getting rich.

The amount of money we receive will always be in direct ratio to the demand for what we do; our ability to do it; and the difficulty in replacing us.

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

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

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

We become what we think about.

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

You can predict a person?s future and divine his bank balance if you know two things: the books he reads, the people he associates with.

There is no limit on earnings.

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

A rut is a grave with the ends kicked out.

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

You can't get rich unless you EN-rich.

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

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.

Dream what you dare to dream. Go where you want to go. Be what you want to be.

Goals reflect your choice of destination.

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

Everything begins with an idea.

Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.

Perseverance is another word for faith!

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

Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.

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

Money is the harvest of our production and service. We in turn use it to obtain the production and service of others.

A good deal of frustration and unhappiness could be avoided if people would just do what they know they should do.

A success is anyone who is doing deliberately a worthy predetermined job, because that's what he decided to do ... deliberately.

We become what we think about most of the time, and that's the strangest secret.

You become what you continually think about.

The person with just one good idea is a thousand times better off than the person with no good ideas.

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

If you don't have a good model for success, just look at what everybody else is doing and do the opposite.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

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

Never compete, create.

We tend to live up to our expectations.

There is a time when one must decide either to risk everything to fulfill one's dreams or sit for the rest of one's life in the backyard.

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

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

Work never killed anyone. It's worry that does the damage. And the worry would disappear if we'd just settle down and do the work.

Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future.

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

You are now, and you do become, what you think about.

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.

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.

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

We've got to be of service first before we can expect money.

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

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

The greatest thing on earth is a good idea!

The big thing is that you know what you want.

Instead of competing, all we have to do is create.

Every-time we use a product or service, someone is serving us.

The key that unlocks energy is desire.

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

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice ... it is conformity.

It is in the expectations of happiness that much of happiness itself is found. And it takes courage to expect happiness.

as you believe so shall it be done unto you.

If we only knew that we could have anything we wanted we would set more goals.

What happens inside always appears outside.

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.

You must radiate success before it'll come to you.

As in all successful ventures, the foundation of a good retirement is planning.

People who have goals succeed because they know where they're going. It's that simple.

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

You can control your attitude. Set it each morning.

You are what you think about.

Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes!

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

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

No man can get rich himself unless he enriches others.

Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.

You are responsible for how your life turns out, and your attitude shapes that life for better or worse.

Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.

Successful people are not without problems. They're simply people who've learned to solve their problems.

With courage you can stay with something long enough to succeed at it.

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.

It is our attitude toward life that determines life's attitude toward us. We get back what we put out.

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

Your world and everything in it is a reflection of your own mental attitude toward yourself.

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

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

Most people begin their day in neutral. They will simply react to whatever confronts them.

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.

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.

Am I motivated by what I really want out of life - or am I mass-motivated?

Our rewards in life will always be in direct ratio to our service.

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

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.

Just one great idea can completely revolutionize your life.

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

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