True success has more components than one sentence or idea can contain.

I believe it’s important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.

When I became proficient as a salesman I was invited to teach new hires.

I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don’t misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that...

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 have chosen to weigh too much.

Authors by the hundreds can tell you stories by the thousands of those rejection slips before they found a publisher who was willing to ‘gamble’ on an unknown.

You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.

You are who you are and what you are because of what has gone into your mind. You can change who you are and what you are by changing what goes into your mind.

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.

If my life has had a theme, I suppose it has been a typical American theme in that, for most of it, I have been looking for happiness and success.

Whether it’s eight o’clock in the morning or eight o’clock at night, I always try to greet others before they have a chance to speak to me.

Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet.

There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.

A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.

Being productive gives people a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that loafing never can.

Every obnoxious act is a cry for help.

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

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

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.

To be candid, some people have given positive thinking a bad name. I can’t stand to hear some gung-ho individual say that with positive thinking you can just do ‘anything.’ If you think about that one for a moment, you recognize the absurdity of it.

At 25, I was in the audience of my first professional speaker, Bob Bales. His presentation got my attention. I had never seen anyone having so much fun ‘at work’ and getting paid for it!

People do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount Everest.

The person who dumps garbage into your mind will do you considerably more harm than the person who dumps garbage on your floor, because each load of mind garbage negatively impacts your possibilities and lowers your expectations.

Time well spent results in more money to spend, more money to save, and more time to vacation.

If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.

Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.

Take one cup of love, two cups of loyalty, three cups of forgiveness, four quarts of faith and one barrel of laughter. Take love and loyalty and mix them thoroughly with faith; blend with tenderness, kindness and understanding. Add friendship and hope. Sprinkle abundantly with laughter. Bake it with sunshine. Wrap it regularly with lots...

Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.

When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that’s when passion is born.

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

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

I’m a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word ‘grow.’

You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.

Isn’t it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?

Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.

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

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.

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 in us, becoming all that we can be.

Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.

How Many Marriages Would Be Better If the Husband and the Wife Clearly Understood That They’re On the Same Side?

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.

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

Do more than you are being paid to do, and you’ll eventually be paid more for what you do.

Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.

I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can’t truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.

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

If you want to earn more, learn more.

Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.

When you make a promise, keep it.

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