Quotes By Earl Nightingale

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

Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.

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.

Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.

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.

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.

People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be - whether they will admit that or not.

The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.

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

A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.

Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.

All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord.

Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.

Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together.

Everything begins with an idea.

Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.

Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.

Excellence always sells.

Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.

Everything that's really worthwhile in life comes to us.

People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.

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

You are, at this moment, standing, right in the middle of your own "acres of diamonds."

Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.

The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!

We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.

We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.