Earl Nightingale Quotes

Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.

No man can get rich himself unless he enriches others.

Your rewards will be determined by the extent of your contribution, that is your service to others.

All you have to do is hold your goal before you and everything else will take care of itself.

We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.

The only thing about a man that is a man is his mind.

How can I be of the greatest service doing that which I most enjoy doing?

Ask yourself every morning, ‘how can I increase my service today?’

As in all successful ventures, the foundation of a good retirement is planning.

It's never too late, for with a purpose, a worthy goal and a motivation to reach those upper layers on the pyramid, a person can travel further in a few years than he might otherwise travel in a lifetime.

Security isn't what the wise person looks for - it's opportunity.

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

If you spend an extra hour each day of study in your chosen field you will be a national expert in that field in five years or less.

Chance does not work. Only choice will work. Your choice!

Am I motivated by what I really want out of life - or am I mass-motivated?

Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.

One thing a goal must do is fill us with positive emotion when we think about it. The more intensely we feel about a goal the more progressively we’ll move toward it.

It's the courage to stay with something long enough to succeed at it.

You are responsible for how your life turns out, and your attitude shapes that life for better or worse.

We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.

Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.

Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.

Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

Now, if you want to get rich, you have only to produce a product or service that will give people greater use value than the price you charge for it. How rich you get will be determined by the number of people to whom you can sell the product or service.

You become what you continually think about.

One hour per day of study in your chosen field is all it takes. One hour per day of study will put you at the top of your field within three years. Within five years you'll be a national authority. In seven years, you can be one of the best people in the world at what you do.

Most people tiptoe their way through life, hoping they make it safely to death.

People don't have great attitudes because of great success, they have great success largely because of great attitudes.

Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people. Every dollar we will ever earn must come from people. The person we love, and with whom we want to spend the rest of our life, is a human being with whom we must interact. Our children are individuals, each different from any other person who ever lived. And what affects them most is our attitude-the loving kindness they see and feel whenever we are around them. If you'll begin to develop and maintain an attitude that says yes to life and the world, you'll be astonished at the changes you'll see.

With every adversity, there is an equal or greater gift. Keep looking for the gift.

The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.

Your rewards, all the years of your life, will be in precise proportion to your service. You are here to serve others, just as they serve you.

Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future.

Mistakes are a natural part of growing up. They're to be expected and made light of. But children bloom like spring flowers under praise. They want so much to be noticed and appreciated, to excel and have that excellence noticed.

Your rewards in life are in direct proportion to your service

If a person will spend one hour a day on the same subject for five years, that person will be an expert on that subject.

Everything that's really worthwhile in life came to us free - our minds, our souls, our bodies, our hopes, our dreams, our ambitions, our intelligence, our love of family and children and friends and country.

All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.

I'm grateful for the opportunity to live on this beautiful and astonishing planet Earth. In the morning, I wake up with a sense of gratitude.

Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.