Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.
Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
How you see the future is much more important than what happened in your past.
Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength.
I am convinced after more than 50 years in the field of motivation that anyone who wants to learn to look at life and/or their circumstances in a positive light can do so.
Thought is useful when it motivates for action, and a hindrance when it substitutes for action.
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.
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.
Be yourself. No one else can be you.
I’ve always taught that a poor economy is the best opportunity for salespeople because the naysayers and grumblers have already given up, leaving more territory, more opportunities to be successful than in a good economy when virtually all salespeople are out there, giving it their best.
My favorite writers are all Jews – David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark – well, you get the picture.
It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist. The word ‘pessimist’ was not in our vocabulary at that time. It’s a modern ‘invention’ which I believe we should ‘dis-invent.’
Someday is not a day of the week.
Stay confident even when something bad happens. It is just a bump in the road. It will pass.
Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior.
The most important thing in life is to love what you’re doing, because that’s the only way you’ll ever be really good at it.
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt has been described as founder of the Bull Moose Party, the man who led his troops up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War, a big game hunter, family man, civic servant and a host of other things.
Many people who want to be great aren’t willing to do the work to make it possible!
