 Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action. |
| Action is the real measure of intelligence. |
| If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. |
| Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession. |
| It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project. |
| If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge. |
| Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do. |
| Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. |
| If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. |
| The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail. |
| Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge. |
| More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth. |
| You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself. |
| The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job. |
| The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does. |
| Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best. |
| Fears are nothing more than a state of mind. |
| Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it. |
| Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire. |
| There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it. |
