Earl Nightingale Quotes Page 2

“Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; wherever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable.”

“You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together.”

“Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.”

“Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind.”

“A good deal of frustration and unhappiness could be avoided if people would just do what they know they should do.”

“A success is anyone who is doing deliberately a worthy predetermined job, because that's what he decided to do... deliberately.”

“Don't worry. Worry brings fear, and fear is crippling. The only thing that could cause worry during this test is trying to do it all yourself. Know that all you have to do is to hold your goal before you. Everything else will take care of itself. Remember also to keep calm and cheerful. Don't let petty things annoy you and get you off course.”

“It is not what happens to you in life that makes the difference. It is how you react to each circumstance you encounter that determines the result. Every human being in the same situation has the possibilities of choosing how he will react, either positively or negatively.”

“Most people live a life of quiet mediocrity and never achieve the success they truly desire because they get impatient. They want easy success or none at all.”

“People who have goals succeed because they know where they're going. It's that simple.”

“Problems are challenges to creative minds. Without problems, there would be little reason to think at all.”

“Success is not the result of making money; making money is the result of success. And success is in direct proportion to our service.”

“Successful people are not without problems. They're simply people who've learned to solve their problems.”

“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice... it is conformity.”

“There is a time when one must decide either to risk everything to fulfill one's dreams or sit for the rest of one's life in the backyard.”

“What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

“Work never killed anyone. It's worry that does the damage. And the worry would disappear if we'd just settle down and do the work.”

“A person who does not read is no better than one who cannot read.”

“Every one of us is the sum total of his own thoughts.”

“Everything that’s really worthwhile in life came to us free; our mind, our soul, our body, our hopes, our dreams, our ambitions, our intelligence, our love of family and children and friends. All these priceless possessions are free, but the things that cost us money are actually very cheap and can be replaced at any time.”

“Ideas are worthless unless we act on them.”

“Life should be an exciting adventure. It should never be a bore. A man should live fully, be alive. He should be glad to get out of bed in the morning. He should be doing a job that he likes to do because he does it well.”

“No man can get rich himself unless he enriches others.”

“Stop thinking about what it is you fear. Each time a fearful or negative thought comes into your consciousness, replace it with a mental picture of your positive and worthwhile goal.”

“The creative person knows the value of giving himself and his ideas away. He’s a go-giver as well as a go-getter. The hand that gives always gathers. And doing things for other people is a vital part of his way of life.”

“We’ve got to put the fuel in before we can expect heat. Likewise, we’ve got to be of service first before we can expect money.”

“You are now, and you do become, what you think about.”