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 NIGHTINGALEFind what you can do best that renders service to others and do it with all your might.
More Earl Nightingale Quotes
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Self-pity is an acid which eats holes in happiness.
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We become what we think about.
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Shooting for the top will bring out the best that’s in you.
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The amount of money we receive will always be in direct ratio to the demand for what we do; our ability to do it; and the difficulty in replacing us.
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Goals reflect your choice of destination.
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Attitude is the reflection of a person, and our world mirrors our attitude.
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Don’t catch the bad and infectious attitudes of others.
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Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you’ll be doing when you’ve reached your goal.
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Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
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We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret.
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People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.
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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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We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light so we can see the bright side of everything.
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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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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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The picture you have of yourself, your self-esteem, will have a profound effect on the way you see the world and the way your world sees you.
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Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.
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Ask yourself every morning, ‘how can I increase my service today?’
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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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Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes!
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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
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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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The person with just one good idea is a thousand times better off than the person with no good ideas.
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A person who does not read is no better than one cannot read.
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If you don’t have a good model for success, just look at what everybody else is doing and do the opposite.
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