Don’t take the attitude of waiting for people to be nice to you – be nice to them. Don’t sit in front of a cold stove waiting for the heat. Put in the fuel. Act first.
EARL NIGHTINGALEA person who does not read is no better than one cannot read.
More Earl Nightingale Quotes
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If your attitude toward the world is good, you will obtain good results. If your attitude is excellent, excellent will your results.
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The person with just one good idea is a thousand times better off than the person with no good ideas.
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Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
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People don’t have great attitudes because of great success, they have great success largely because of great attitudes.
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Watch what everyone else does–do the opposite. The majority is always wrong.
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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.
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We are all creatures of habit. We can do most things without even thinking about them; our bodies take charge and do them for us.
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By being persistent, you’re demonstrating faith. Persistence is simply another word for faith. If you didn’t have faith, you’d never persist.
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Time can’t be managed. I merely manage activities. Each night, I write down on a sheet of paper a list of the things I have to accomplish the next day. And when I wake up I do them.
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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
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People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be – whether they will admit that or not.
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What happens inside always appears outside.
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You can predict a persons future and divine his bank balance if you know two things: the books he reads, the people he associates with.
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Control your thoughts. Decide about that which you will think and concentrate upon. You are in charge of your life to the degree you take charge of your thoughts.
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How can I be of the greatest service doing that which I most enjoy doing?
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