It is strange, but true, that the most important turning-points of life often come at the most unexpected times and in the most unexpected ways.
The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a definite plan.
Knowledge is only potential power.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
Anything acquired without effort, and without cost is generally unappreciated.
Keep your mind focused on what you want and act accordingly. You will achieve success!
A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him.
If you have a strong belief in yourself, in what you are doing and what you want to do, no adversity is too difficult to overcome.
The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.
When Opportunity came, the person didn't realize it because it came in the form of misfortune.
It takes a habit to replace a habit.
You don't have to be very brilliant. You don't have to have such a wonderful education. You can be an outstanding success if you will only take what little you have, whether it's little or much, and start using it, putting it into operation, doing something about it, and doing something with it. And, of course, that calls for initiative.
No matter where you are now, whatever you can conceive and believe, you can achieve.
One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.
It is now a documented principle of psychology that human beings subconsciously move in the direction of their most dominant thought.
If the first plan which you adopt does not work successfully, replace it with a new plan; if this new plan fails to work, replace it in turn with still another, and so on, until you find a plan which does work. Right here is the point at which the majority of men meet with failure, because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
Every man is what he is, because of the DOMINATING THOUGHTS which he permits to occupy his mind.
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve regardless of how many times you may have failed in the past or how lofty your aims and hopes may be.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Are you satisfied with where you are and the direction you are going? If not, take control of your life and change whatever needs to be changed. You and only you have the power to do this. You can change your world!
Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of HARD work!
No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish.
If you try and fail, make another effort, and still another...until you succeed.
Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth. Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to be wished upon anyone who will accept them. If you are influenced by "opinions" when you reach DECISIONS, you will not succeed in any undertaking.
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