I'm convinced that what kids need today are parents - not buddies. They need someone who will exercise mature judgment.
— Zig Ziglar
Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome.
Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice.
I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don't hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.
New information makes new and fresh ideas possible.
Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn't solve any problems.
In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!
Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.
With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.
Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That's success.
People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.
If you're going to have to swallow a frog, you don't want to have to look at that sucker too long!
He climbs highest who helps another up.
Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet.
Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.
If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time.
Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.
When you give directives to a child, especially a teenager, you must consider the nature of your child.
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.
We all prospect, and don't even know we're doing it. When you start the dating process, you are actually prospecting for the person you want to marry. When you're interviewing employees, you are prospecting for someone who will best fit your needs.
The right quote can inspire people to change their ways.
My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
I once dieted so religiously I quit eating in church.
Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand-new day.
The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.
You've got to be before you can do and do before you can have.
Success must never be measured by how much money you have.
At 25, I was in the audience of my first professional speaker, Bob Bales. His presentation got my attention. I had never seen anyone having so much fun 'at work' and getting paid for it!
Only men of character are trusted.
Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.
If you want to earn more, learn more.
Andy Andrews is the best speaker I have ever seen.
Timid salesmen have skinny kids.
If my life has had a theme, I suppose it has been a typical American theme in that, for most of it, I have been looking for happiness and success.
If your watch is slow by just four minutes, that's not much - unless you've been warned that if you're even one minute late ever again you will be fired. Then four minutes make a big difference.
Authors by the hundreds can tell you stories by the thousands of those rejection slips before they found a publisher who was willing to 'gamble' on an unknown.
Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.
I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.
The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women. Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling.
You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.
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.
It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.
Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.
I read the paper every day and the Bible every day; that way I know what both sides are up to.
Some people do really find fault like there's a reward for it.
Isn't it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?
It's not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.
Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now.
I took up an offer for me to lose 30 pounds in 30 days. It worked. I lost 30 days!
You are who you are and what you are because of what has gone into your mind. You can change who you are and what you are by changing what goes into your mind.
