How can I be of the greatest service doing that which I most enjoy doing?
EARL NIGHTINGALEDon’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.
More Earl Nightingale Quotes
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The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else.
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Most people tiptoe their way through life, hoping they make it safely to death.
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Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.
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To become successful and outstanding at something, we don’t have to come up with something new; we need only find ways of doing it better.
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Self-pity is an acid which eats holes in happiness.
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When the days are too short, chances are you are living at your best.
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Ask yourself every morning, ‘how can I increase my service today?’
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Each of us creates his or her own life largely by our attitude.
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Success is not the result of making money; earning money is the result of success — and success is in direct proportion to our service.
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That’s the secret: be interesting. If you can’t be interesting, shut up. There’s nothing wrong with silence.
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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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People don’t have great attitudes because of great success, they have great success largely because of great attitudes.
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Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
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Your world and everything in it is a reflection of your own mental attitude toward yourself.
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Successful people are not people without problems. They are people who have learned to solve their problems.
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