Best 154 quotes of Earl Nightingale on MyQuotes

Achievement requires more than a vision - it takes courage, resolve and tenacity. All you have got to do is plant that seed in your mind, care for it, work steadily toward your goal, and it will become a reality

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.

A great attitude is not the result of success; success is the result of a great attitude.

All you have to do is hold your goal before you and everything else will take care of itself.

Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.

Am I motivated by what I really want out of life - or am I mass-motivated?

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

A rut is a grave with the ends kicked out.

As in all successful ventures, the foundation of a good retirement is planning.

A single thought can revolutionize your life as it did mine. A single thought can make you rich or it can land you in prison for the rest of your life.

A success is anyone who is doing deliberately a pre-determined job, because that's what he decided to do deliberately. But only one out of twenty does that.

Attitude is the reflection of a person, and our world mirrors our attitude.

Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future.

Be positive, cheerful, grateful and expectant.

By being persistent, you're demonstrating faith. Persistence is simply another word for faith. If you didn't have faith, you'd never persist.

Courage changes things for the better...[With courage you can] stay with something long enough to succeed at it, realizing that it usually takes two, three or four times as long to succeed as you thought or hoped.

Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.

Do each day all that can be done that day. You don't need to overwork or to rush blindly into your work trying to do the greatest possible number of things in the shortest possible time. Don't try to do tomorrow's or next week's work today. It's not the number of things you do, but the quality, the efficiency of each separate action that count. To achieve this "habit of success," you need only to focus on the most important tasks and succeed in each small task of each day.

Don't concern yourself too much with how you are going to achieve your goal - leave that completely to a power greater than yourself. All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord, and at the right time.

Don't take the attitude of waiting for people to be nice to you - be nice to them. Don't sit in front of a cold stove waiting for the heat. Put in the fuel. Act first.

Do what experts since the dawn of recorded history have told you you must do: pay the price by becoming the person you want to become. It's not nearly as difficult as living unsuccessfully.

Dream what you dare to dream. Go where you want to go. Be what you want to be.

Everything begins with an idea.

Each of us must live off the fruit of his thoughts in the future, because what you think today and tomorrow, next month and next year, you will mold your life and determine your future. You are guided by your mind.

Even if our home burns down we can rebuild it. But the things that we got for nothing, we can never replace.

Every great accomplishment of mankind has been preceded by an extended period, often over many years, of concentrated effort.

Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

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

Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people. Every dollar we will ever earn must come from people. The person we love, and with whom we want to spend the rest of our life, is a human being with whom we must interact. Our children are individuals, each different from any other person who ever lived. And what affects them most is our attitude-the loving kindness they see and feel whenever we are around them. If you'll begin to develop and maintain an attitude that says yes to life and the world, you'll be astonished at the changes you'll see.

Everything that's really worthwhile in life came to us free - our minds, our souls, our bodies, our hopes, our dreams, our ambitions, our intelligence, our love of family and children and friends and country.

Everything that's really worthwhile in life comes to us free - our minds, our souls, our bodies, our hopes, our dreams, our intelligence, our love of family and friends and country. All of these priceless possessions are free.

Every-time we use a product or service, someone is serving us.

Excellence always sells.

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

Failures . . . believe that their lives are shaped by circumstances ... by things that happen to them ... by exterior forces.

Find what you can do best that renders service to others and do it with all your might.

For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself, there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. But there are also things — harmful attitudes, superstitions, emotions — that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.

Goals reflect your choice of destination.

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.

Getting along well with other people is still the world's most needed skill. With it...there is no limit to what person can do. We need people, we need the cooperation of others. There is very little we can do alone

Getting rich, or becoming outstanding at anything is all a matter of attitude. You must make up your mind once and for all - you commit yourself - and then just stay with it until you finally have what you set out to get.

Happiness comes to those who are moving toward something they want very much to happen. And it almost always involves making someone else happy.

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.

If a person is working toward a predetermined goal and knows where to go, then that person is successful. If a person does not know which direction they want to go in life, then that person is a failure.

If a person will spend one hour a day on the same subject for five years, that person will be an expert on that subject.

If honesty did not exist, it would have to be invented, as it is the surest way of getting rich.

If the average person realized the power he wields over his life and destiny, he would live in a perpetual state of wonder and thanksgiving.

If the grass is greener on the other side it`s probably getting better care. Success is a matter of sticking to a set of common sense principles anyone can master.

If we can augment our gift giving by giving more of ourselves to those we love, all the time and in various ways, we will have a good chance of helping them and ourselves live happier, better lives.

If you'll begin to develop and maintain an attitude that says yes to life and the world, you'll be astonished at the changes you'll see.