William B. Sprague

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

Thought is useful when it motivates for action, and a hindrance when it substitutes for action.

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

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.

If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.

It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.

If you want it, and the more you keep hearing you can’t have it, you just go and get it

The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.

Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don’t have the balls to live in the real world.

If you want truly to understand something, try to change it.

Decide what you want, and decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.

The person who dumps garbage into your mind will do you considerably more harm than the person who dumps garbage on your floor, because each load of mind garbage negatively impacts your possibilities and lowers your expectations.

Be open to new information and ideas.

To be successful you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, and then resolve to pay the price to get it.

Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.