Earl Nightingale Quotes

“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.”