You don’t drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.

You can get everything in life you want if you help enough other people get what they want

Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome.

Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand-new day.

The young athlete who aspires to greatness, generally speaking, learns a number of things from several different coaches. The first one taught him the fundamentals; the second one instilled discipline in him and taught him...

Success must never be measured by how much money you have.

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

If you go out looking for friends, you’re going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.

You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.

Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.

When you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, the day will come when you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them.

It makes no difference where you go, there you are. And it makes no difference what you have, there’s always more to want. Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be...

Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don’t hang around long...

If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.

Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.

I’ve always taught that a poor economy is the best opportunity for salespeople because the naysayers and grumblers have already given up, leaving more territory, more opportunities to be successful than in a good economy...

It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist. The word ‘pessimist’ was not in our vocabulary at that time....

Most men go to their graves with their dreams still inside them

When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you’re making a commitment and difference in that person’s life. Encouragement really does make a difference.

The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do don’t bring presents.

Fact: If standard of living is your number one objective, quality of life almost never improves. But if quality of life is your number one objective, standard of living invariably improves.

The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.

Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.

If people like you they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you they’ll do business with you.

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.

Some people do really find fault like there’s a reward for it.

People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.

The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women. Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling.

If you do not believe in your product or service enough to offer it to your own family and friends, then you should question the value of what you are selling.

If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.

To a child love is spelled T-I-M-E.

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.

Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they’ll be there for you.

For 24 years of my adult life, by choice I weighed well over 200 pounds. I say ‘by choice’ because I have never ‘accidentally’ eaten anything, so when I choose to eat too much, I...

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.

In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!

I’m constantly amazed that owners and managers of all businesses don’t train their people to call the person who pays by credit card by name. It definitely makes the customer feel good and will be...

Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.

Send out a cheerful, positive greeting, and most of the time you will get back a cheerful, positive greeting. It’s also true that if you send out a negative greeting, you will, in most cases,...

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.

I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don’t hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in...

Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.

Every obnoxious act is a cry for help.

Wally Amos is the classic example of a man who gets up again and again.

Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.

Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is...

Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That’s success.