Quotes from Earl Nightingale

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A success is anyone who is doing deliberately a pre-determined job, because that's what he decided to do deliberately. But only one out of twenty does that.

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.

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

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.

Excellence always sells

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

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

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

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

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.

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

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.

Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.

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

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.

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

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