The very existence of an idea in your conscious mind means that you have within you and around you the capacity to turn it into reality.

Feed yourself as you would feed a world-class athlete before a competition because, in many respects, that’s what you are before starting work each day

A journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step.

Today, the greatest single source of wealth is between your ears.

The hardest part of any important task is getting started on it in the first place.

An average person with average talent, ambition, and education can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society if that person has clear, focused goals.

Always choose the future over the past.

You will regret many things in life, but you will never regret being too kind or too fair

You can make excuses, or you can make progress. You choose.

Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality.

There’s only one direction you can coast.

It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.

All successful people, men, and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.

You can’t hit a target you can’t see. You must first become absolutely clear about what you want if you are serious about unlocking the extraordinary power that lies within you.

You can’t help the poor by becoming one of them.

To earn more, you must learn more.

The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much you like and respect yourself.

Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.

Act with purpose, courage, confidence, competence, and intelligence until these qualities’ lock in’ to your subconscious mind.

Stop for a few seconds and create a clear mental picture of yourself as completely relaxed, calm, positive, smiling, and in complete control.

Refuse to complain about your problems. Keep them to yourself.

You perform at your highest potential only when you are focusing on the most valuable use of your time. This is the key to personal and business success.

Practice “zero-based thinking” in every part of your life. Ask yourself continually, “If I were not doing this already, knowing what I now know, would I start doing it again today?

Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.

The day that you stop learning is the day that you start decreasing your rewards and start suffering from frustration and lower levels of satisfaction.

The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.

Everything you do or say is recorded forever and can potentially be seen by anyone, at any time in the future. Act accordingly.

If you don’t set goals for yourself, you are doomed to work to achieve the goals of someone else.

Eat that frog! If you have to eat two frogs, eat the biggest, ugliest one first thing in the morning, and you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that it’s behind you for the rest of the day.

Your success in life isn’t based on your ability to simply avoid failure. It is based on your ability to overcome it.

No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.

Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.

The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers.

Develop an attitude of gratitude. Count your blessings, not your troubles

The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the present time will you grow more surely toward the stars.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

The door to opportunity is always labeled ‘push’.

Successful people make a habit of doing what unsuccessful people don’t like to do

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development

Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent Return on Energy!

The payoff for good time management is increased productivity and inner peace.

Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.

You are completely responsible for everything that happens to you.

Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk, whether it’s starting a new business, entering into a serious relationship, or jumping out of an airplane.

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What’s in it for me?

Everything is created twice — first mentally, then physically.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

Identify your limiting step and leap over it

You are responsible for your life, and your ultimate success depends on the choices you make.

Nature is neutral. It will respond to your thoughts and feelings, both positive and negative. You attract to yourself exactly what you are and feel inside.

You have within you, right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.

You can become an unstoppable, consistent, goal achieving machine. You just need to practice the proven strategies contained in my talks and books.

Keep your mind fixed on what you want, not on what you don’t want.

Your true values are expressed in your actions, not your words.

The thicker your skin, the easier life is.

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

Successful people think and talk about what they want and how to get it. Unsuccessful people think and talk about what they don’t want and how to avoid it.

High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make your dreams come true.

If you learn to run your own business, you’ll never have to worry about having a job or pleasing a boss for the rest of your life.

Wherever you are, get the knowledge you need to go where you want to go, by listening to audio learning programs while driving, jogging or doing other activities.

The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.

You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.

If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

The most powerful and sustaining motivation for success comes from within, not from anticipating rewards that come from the outside.

You are the only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life.

The best day to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best day is today.

Develop the winning edge; Small differences in your performance can lead to large differences in your results.

The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.

Your ability to discipline yourself to set clear goals, and then to work toward them every day, will do more to guarantee your success than any other single factor.

The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

Your true values are expressed in your actions, not your words.

Successful people are simply those with successful habits.

Success is goals, everything else is commentary.

Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.

There is never any traffic jam along the extra mile.

Read, listen to and associate with positive-minded people.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Do it now. Sometimes later becomes never.

The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships.

Your ability to set goals is the master skill of success. Goals unlock your mental powers, release your energies, and lift your life onto a higher plane.

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

Your success in life isn’t based on your ability to simply change. It is based on your ability to change faster than your competition, customers and business.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

Whatever you dwell on in the conscious grows in your experience.

Leaders never use the word failure. They look upon setbacks as learning experiences.

People who take a long view of their lives and careers always seem to make much better decisions about their time and activities than people who give very little thought to the future.

A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.

The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.

The key responsibility of leadership is to think about the future. No one else can do it for you.

The true test of leadership is how well you function in a crisis.

The glue that holds all relationships together–including the relationship between the leader and the led–is trust, and trust is based on integrity.

Superior leaders are willing to admit a mistake and cut their losses. Be willing to admit that you’ve changed your mind. Don’t persist when the original decision turns out to be a poor one.

Respect is the key determinant of high-performance leadership. how much people respect you determines how well they perform.

Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.

Entrepreneurial leadership requires the ability to move quickly when opportunity presents itself.

Leaders set high standards. refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance.

Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people.

Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily, even if you had no title or position.