“The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures and emotions as if we’ve already achieved them.”

No one is born with self confidence. Self confidence is learned and earned with experience.

The greatest choice we have is to think before we act and then take action toward our life goals every day. Our problems result not only from our lack of action, but from our action without thought.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.

All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners. Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they’re not learning, they’re not growing and not moving toward excellence.

Don’t be a time manager, be a priority manager.

The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.

No matter how much time you’ve wasted in the past, you still have an entire today.

Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior. Your inner drives will propel you further and faster than external perks.

To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

The two greatest fear busters are knowledge and action.

Start edifying the flowers. Stop pointing out the weeds.

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.

Persistence means giving full concentration to whatever you are doing right now. … Persistence is success through trial, error, resetting your goals, and moving toward the target.

There never was a winner, who wasn’t a beginner.

Perseverance does not always mean sticking to the same thing forever. It means giving full concentration and effort to whatever you are doing right now.

If you concentrate on the present, you eliminate what happened yesterday and any apprehension of what may happen tomorrow.

When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

The true measure of a successful leader is their ability to discover the hidden talent in those they lead and challenge them to achieve greatness.

Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

You always have to focus in life on what you want to achieve.

The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them.

Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.