“Remember too that your time is your one finite resource, and when you say “yes” to one thing you are inevitably saying “no” to another.”

“How can you motivate yourself to continue to follow a leader when he appears to be going around in circles?”

“Altogether too often, people substitute opinions for facts and emotions for analysis.”

“if you're wrong, you will die. But most companies don't die because they are wrong; most die because they don't commit themselves. They fritter away their valuable resources while attempting to make a decision. The greatest danger is in Standing still”

“The person who is the star of previous era is often the last one to adapt to change, the last one to yield to logic of a strategic inflection point and tends to fall harder than most.”

“Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.”

“Whatever you Do — Do it Well — to the Finish.”

“To be successful, you must find peace of mind, acquire the material needs of life, and above all, attain happiness. All of these evidences of success begin in the form of thought impulses.”

“If a man repeats a lie over and over, he will eventually accept the lie as truth. Moreover, he will believe it to be the truth.”

“A man is no bigger than the things which he allows to annoy him.”

“Building alibis is a deeply rooted habit.”

“Broadway will give any beggar a cup of coffee and a sandwich, but it demands persistence of those who go after the big stakes.”

“Failure so often hates the very sight of success. Speaking with successful men, I have noticed they speak in complimentary terms of other men who are succeeding. Their attitude is not one of envy, but of willingness to learn from others.”

“You may as well know, right here, that you can never have riches in great quantities, unless you can work yourself into a white heat of desire for money, and actually believe you will possess it.”

“Desire The Starting Point of All Achievement: the First Step Toward Riches”

“The Golden Rule means we should do unto others as we would wish them to do unto us if our positions were reversed.”

“We rise to high positions or remain at the bottom because of conditions we can control if we desire to control them.”

“5. Lack of self-discipline. Discipline comes through self-control. This means that one must control all negative qualities. Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself. Self-mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. You may see at one and the same time both your best friend and your greatest enemy, by stepping in front of a mirror.”

“Life has no bargains. Everything that you get that's worthy of having has a price upon it.”

“Tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it.”

“It should be recognised as a crime (in reality it is a crime of the worst nature) for any parent to build inferiority complexes in the mind of a child through unnecessary criticism. Employers who understand human nature get the best there is out of people not by criticism but by constructive suggestion. Parents may accomplish the same results with their children. Criticism will plant fear or resentment in the human heart but it will not build love or affection.”

“Ignorance and Fear are twin sisters. They are generally found together.”

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches.”

“It isn’t defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it, that whips you.”