Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.
Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.
Before success comes in any man’s life, he’s sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That’s exactly what the majority of men do.
The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.
One must marry one’s feelings to one’s beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one’s life.
It is always your next move.
The battle is all over except the “shouting” when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
Do not wait, the time will never be “just right.” Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
First comes thought, then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans, then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person’s enemies say about him.
Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.
Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.