Our rewards in life will always be in exact proportion to the amount of consideration we show toward others.
Earl NightingaleThe key that unlocks energy is desire. It's also the key to a long and interesting life. If we expect to create any drive, any real force within ourselves, we have to get excited.
Earl NightingaleDo each day all that can be done that day. You don't need to overwork or to rush blindly into your work trying to do the greatest possible number of things in the shortest possible time. Don't try to do tomorrow's or next week's work today. It's not the number of things you do, but the quality, the efficiency of each separate action that count. To achieve this "habit of success," you need only to focus on the most important tasks and succeed in each small task of each day.
Earl NightingaleEverything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
Earl NightingaleThat's the secret: be interesting. If you can't be interesting, shut up. There's nothing wrong with silence.
Earl NightingaleSuccessful people are dreamers who have found a dream too exciting, too important, to remain in the realm of fantasy. Day by day, hour by hour, they toil in the service of their dream until they can see it with their eyes and touch it with their hands.
Earl NightingaleThe 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.
Earl NightingaleGet 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.
Earl NightingaleWe must radiate success before it will come to us. We must first become mentally, from an attitude standpoint, the people we wish to become.
Earl NightingaleThese people get to the top because they have to, because inside them burns a dream too big, too ever present, too demanding to be denied.
Earl NightingaleIf we can augment our gift giving by giving more of ourselves to those we love, all the time and in various ways, we will have a good chance of helping them and ourselves live happier, better lives.
Earl NightingaleSuccess is not the result of making money; earning money is the result of success — and success is in direct proportion to our service.
Earl NightingaleYou are, at this moment, standing, right in the middle of your own 'acres of diamonds.'
Earl NightingaleMen credited with all kinds of ability, talent, brains and know how, including the ability to see into the future, frequently have nothing more than the courage to keep everlastingly at what they set out to do. They have that one great quality that is worth more than all the rest put together. They simply will not give up! When a man makes up his mind to do something then it's only a matter of time. Staying with time take bulldog persistence. This seems to be the entrance examination to success - lasting success -- of any kind!
Earl NightingaleLearn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
Earl NightingaleWe will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.
Earl NightingaleIt is our attitude toward life that determines life's attitude toward us. We get back what we put out.
Earl NightingaleThe only person who succeeds is the person who is progressively realizing a worthy ideal. That's the person who says, 'I'm going to become this' and then begins to work toward that goal
Earl NightingaleA success is anyone who is doing deliberately a pre-determined job, because that's what he decided to do deliberately. But only one out of twenty does that.
Earl NightingaleThe man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers.
Earl NightingaleEven if our home burns down we can rebuild it. But the things that we got for nothing, we can never replace.
Earl NightingaleFailures . . . believe that their lives are shaped by circumstances ... by things that happen to them ... by exterior forces.
Earl NightingaleBy being persistent, you're demonstrating faith. Persistence is simply another word for faith. If you didn't have faith, you'd never persist.
Earl NightingaleWe can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way. We must be the epitome-the embodiment-of success. We must radiate success before it will come to us. We must first become mentally, from an attitude standpoint, the people we wish to become. We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.
Earl NightingaleDon't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
Earl NightingaleEach of us must live off the fruit of his thoughts in the future, because what you think today and tomorrow, next month and next year, you will mold your life and determine your future. You are guided by your mind.
Earl NightingaleIn doing that which we most enjoy, we will probably make our most significant contribution to society, and the contribution we make to society determines our rewards.
Earl NightingaleThe biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else.
Earl NightingaleWe can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
Earl NightingaleAll you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord.
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