For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself, there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. But there are also things โ harmful attitudes, superstitions, emotions โ that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.
Earl NightingaleWhatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
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 NightingaleSome people act as if it were demeaning to their manhood to wish to be well-read but you can no more be a healthy person mentally without reading substantial books than you can be a vigorous person physically without eating solid food. Books should be chosen, not for their freedom from evil, but for their possession of good. Dr. Johnson said: "Whilst you stand deliberating which book your son shall read first, another boy has read both."
Earl Nightingale