Earl Nightingale Quotes

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.

Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.

We become what we think about.

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

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

Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Your rewards will be determined by the extent of your contribution, that is your service to others.

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

No man can get rich himself unless he enriches others.

Don't take the attitude of waiting for people to be nice to you - be nice to them. Don't sit in front of a cold stove waiting for the heat. Put in the fuel. Act first.

Never compete, create.

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

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

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

One thing a goal must do is fill us with positive emotion when we think about it. The more intensely we feel about a goal the more progressively we’ll move toward it.

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.

What happens inside always appears outside.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Excellence always sells.

Success is not the result of making money; earning money is the result of success — and success is in direct proportion to our service.

Security isn't what the wise person looks for - it's opportunity.

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.

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