Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.

Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.

I’m convinced that what kids need today are parents – not buddies. They need someone who will exercise mature judgment.

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

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

Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.

Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining – it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems.

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.

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

Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.

Kids instinctively know – although they will argue to the contrary – that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some important issues.

Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.

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

Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.

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

Only men of character are trusted.

Money isn’t the most important thing in life, but it’s reasonably close to oxygen on the ‘gotta have it’ scale.

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life … all areas of life.

Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now.

The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.

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

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

You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

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.’

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.

Yes, it’s absolutely true that anything worth doing is worth doing poorly – until you can learn to do it well.

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If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.

Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission.

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

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

You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.

It is true that integrity alone won’t make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.

As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.

I read the paper every day and the Bible every day; that way I know what both sides are up to.

You’ve got to be before you can do and do before you can have.

Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.

New research shows that you will be dead longer than you will be alive.

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.

The right quote can inspire people to change their ways.

There’s never been a doctor who served many patients who, despite their best efforts, did not lose some of them to death. But they understood that was part of life itself.

Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it.

It’s not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.

A goal properly set is halfway reached.