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There is one prevailing key to success. Do what you resolve to do. Then you'll be a success. If you can discipline yourself to follow through on your promises to yourself, your self-esteem goes up. Persistence is self-discipline in action. Self-discipline is the foundation of self-confidence .
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We will always tend to fulfill our own expectation of ourselves.
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Between you and every goal that you wish to achieve, there is a series of obstacles, and the bigger the goal, the bigger the obstacles.
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The key to success is for you to make a habit throughout your life of doing the things you fear.
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Your ability to set goals is the master skill of success. Goals unlock your positive mind and release ideas and energy for goal attainment. Without goals, you simply drift and flow on the currents of life. With goals, you fly like an arrow, straight and true to your target.
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Be absolutely clear about who you are and what you stand for. Refuse to compromise.
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I believe the greatest achievements of your life lie ahead of you.
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Your ability to get along well with others will determine your happiness and success as much as any other factor.
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After every difficulty, ask yourself two questions: 'What did I do right?' and 'What would I do differently?
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Your choice of people to associate with, both personally and business-wise, is one of the most important choices you make. If you associate with turkeys, you will never fly with the eagles.
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The only real antidote to worry or problems is systematic, purposeful action in the direction of your goals.
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There is an interesting point about the price of success: It must always be paid in full-and in advance. Everyone wants to be successful. Everyone wants to be healthy, happy, thin, and rich. But most people are not willing to pay the price.
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Cast aside your doubts. Make a total commitment to living the life you were meant to live.
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The definition of flexibility is being constantly open to the fact that you might be on the wrong track.
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The thrill of achievement comes from overcoming adversity in the accomplishment of an important goal.
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The one human quality that must be developed is self discipline for success. The will power to force yourself to do what you know you should do when you should do it, whether you like it or not, whether you feel like it or not. Success is tons of discipline.
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When you are younger, you worry about what people think about you. When you are older, you realize that no one was ever thinking about you at all.
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The predominant quality of successful people is optimism.... Your level of optimism is the very best predictor of how happy, healthy, wealthy, and long-lived you will be.
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Knowledge is the raw material of production and value in this age. It used to be that the main difference between people in our society was between those who have more and those who have less. Today, however, the difference is between those who know more and those who know less.
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Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.
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The checklist is one of the most high powered productivity tool ever discovered.
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One of the things we know is that you cannot motivate other people, but you can remove the obstacles that stop them from motivating themselves. All motivation is self-motivation.
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The foundation of confidence in virtually every field is preparation.
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For every difficulty that supposedly stops a person from succeeding there are thousands who have had it a lot worse and have succeeded anyway. So can you.