Dare to be what you ought to be, dare to be what you dream to be, dare to be the finest you can be. The more you dare, the surer you will be of gaining just what you dare!

Expect the best and get it.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Listen for the magic word of motivation and you will hear it. And then? Well, the sky is the limit!

The word “no” denotes a shutting of the door.

As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities

Think positively about yourself…. ask God who made you to keep on remaking you.

Any action is better than no action at all.

Cultivate will power, that massive creative force that God the creator built into you. Do not let it remain flabby but strengthen it by use and exercise.

I believe there are two sides to the phenomenon known as death, this side where we live, and the other side where we shall continue to live. Eternity does not start ith death. We are in eternity now.

The power of the Plus Factor is potential but it is not self-activating.

Think enthusiastically about everything; but especially about your job. If you do so, you’ll put a touch of glory in your life. If you love your job with enthusiasm, you’ll shake it to pieces.

You can have peace of mind, improved health and an ever-increasing flow of energy. Life can be full of joy and satisfaction.

Negative thinking definitely attracts negative results.

Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you.

Begin where you are. Don’t wait for someone else to change things for you. Do it yourself

Every night empty your mind of unhappy thoughts as you empty your pockets and come alive.

One of the simplest things about all facts of life is that to get where you want to go, you must keep on keeping on.

When you expect the best you release a magnetic force in your mind which by a law of attraction tends to bring the best to you

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

Avoid arguments, but whenever a negative attitude is expressed, counter with a positive and optimistic opinion

Good intentions are no substitute for obedience.

You can do amazing things if you have strong faith, deep desire, and just hang in there.

Old unhealthy thoughts can block off inspiration and motivation.

Believe in yourself, believe in your future.

The one person who most blocks you from a full, happy, and successful life is you.

Miracles are of all sizes. And if you start believing in little miracles, you can work up to the bigger ones.

Nothing of great value in this life comes easily.

Cherish your family connections. They are one of God’s greatest ways of demonstrating his love and fellowship

Infantile people complain and say that God is cruel or that there is no God.

The controlled person is a powerful person. He who always keeps his head will get ahead.

Believe it is possible to solve your problem.

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders.

Even if he gains much wealth, position or fortune, he is still a failure. The man who lives for others has achieved true success. A rich man who consecrates his wealth and his position to the good of humanity is a success

The Plus Factor makes its appearance in a person’s life in proportion as that person is in harmony with God and His universal laws.

The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

Whoever conquers himself knows deep happiness that fills the heart with joy.

Think health, eat sparingly, exercise regularly, walk a lot, and think positively about yourself.

God loves you. God doesn’t want anyone to be hungry and oppressed. He just puts his big arms around everybody and hugs them up against himself.

Happiness will never come if it’s a goal in itself.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them.

We’ve all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it’s more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors.

It takes struggle, a goal and enthusiasm to make a champion.

Once we roared like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security! The solution for America’s problem is not in terms of big government, but it is in big men over whom nobody stands in control but God.

Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.

All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do.

Let go and let God. Let Him take over your life and run it. He knows how.

Keep thinking, keep interested, keep praying, keep dreaming.

Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture… Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.

The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.

The most vital, creative, and positive thoughts are those stated in the Bible.

Americans used to roar like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security.

Have absolutely no sense of guilt about being happy and successful if you operate honestly and with a sense of social responsibility.

A life with a peaceful center can weather all storms.

Make a list of your friends and determine who is the most positive thinker among them and deliberately cultivate his society.

God pledges his promised righteousness to those who will stop trying to save themselves. Change your thoughts and you change your world.

The whole trend and quality of anyone’s life is determined in the long run by the choices that are made.

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

Getting along with the gang in one place is not any harder than getting along in another. It depends about 98 percent on your own behavior.

The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.

Learn to relax. Your body is precious, as it houses your mind and spirit. Inner peace begins with a relaxed body.

We are all capable of greater things than we realize.

Through persistence, self-knowledge, prayer, commitment, optimism, a resolute trust in God and the building of your own personal moral strength, you can enjoy the blessings of a deeper faith and face the difficulties of life with courage and confidence.

Fear can move you to destructiveness or sickness or failure. Only in rare instances will it motivate you to accomplishment. But faith is a greater force. Faith can drive itself into your consciousness and set you free from fear forever.

Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it yourself.

Can you go a whole day with joy in your heart? Joy and vitality are an inseparable combination. Joy is not concerned with having fun; it is an inner spiritual quality that overcomes despair, pain and defeat. You cannot turn on joy like an electric light, but you can prepare yourself to receive it.

When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable.

Faith supplies staying power. Anyone can keep going when the going is good, but some extra ingredient is needed to keep you fighting when it seems that everything is against you

To be successful is to be helpful, caring and constructive, to make everything and everyone you touch a little bit better.

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.

Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.

Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence.

You must never conclude, even though everything goes wrong, that you cannot succeed. Even at the worst there is a way out, a hidden secret that can turn failure into success and despair into happiness. No situation is so dark that there is not a ray of light

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I believe, three times.

Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat him.

Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.

God never made anyone else exactly like you, and he never will again.

Imagination is the true magic carpet.

Say, “By God’s grace, I’m done with it,” and take charge of yourself like never before.

Nothing is more confusing than people who give good advice but set a bad example.

Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.

The great secret of getting what you want from life is to know whay you want and believe you can have it. Always do something for others, then ask God to help you get at it.

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.

We live in the midst of the greatest scientific civilization in the history of the world. But the greatest wisdom walking our streets is not in any laboratory scientist, but the wisdom of Jesus Christ.

Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them.

And since we become what we picture be sure your thoughts and words express prosperity and blessing rather than poverty and defeat.

Fear can infect us early in life until eventually it cuts a deep groove of apprehension in all our thinking. To counteract it, let faith, hope and courage enter your thinking. Fear is strong, but faith is stronger yet.

I believe in the power of Jesus Christ to resolve any difficulty, to remove any weakness, to heal any disease.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

Jesus is not a memory. He is an actual, contemporary, reachable Person. He is the living Christ, who has the power to enter into people’s lives and change and lift them up.