The ability to negotiate with other people without friction and argument is the outstanding quality of all successful people.

Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price.

No man [or woman] is free until he learns to do his own thinking and gains the courage to act on his own personal initiative.

You are engaged in an undertaking of major importance to you. To be sure of success, you must have plans which are faultless.

To become successful you must be a person of action. Merely to "know" is not sufficient. It is necessary both to know and do.

Riches don't respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

FAITH is the element, the “chemical” which, when mixed with prayer, gives one direct communication with Infinite Intelligence.

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.

The space that every man occupies in the world is measured by the faith he expresses in connection with his aims and purposes.

If you do a job another's way, he or she must take the responsibility. If you do it your way, you must take the responsibility.

Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.

Everyone faces defeat. It may be a stepping-stone or a stumbling block, depending on the mental attitude with which it is faced.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.

The successful man or woman always looks for the advantage or benefit in every situation and lo and behold, they always find it.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

Life is a game board. Time is your opponent. If you procrastinate, you will lose the game. You must make a move to be victorious.

Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.

All personal achievement starts within the mind of the individual-knowing your problem is the first step in finding the solution.

Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.

The road to success may be, and generally is, obstructed by many influences which must be removed before the goal can be reached.

If a person has built a sound character, it makes but little difference what people say about him, because he will win in the end.

Fortunate is the person who has learned that the most certain way to 'get' is to first 'give' through some sort of useful service.

Man's brain may be compared to an electric battery...a group of electric batteries will provide more energy than a single battery.

You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are being most unfairly tested, you are being prepared for great achievement.

Bravery is fearlessness-the absence of fear. The merest dolt may be brave because he lacks the mentality to appreciate his danger.

If you have a strong belief in yourself, in what you are doing and what you want to do, no adversity is too difficult to overcome.

No two minds ever come together without thereby creating a third, invisible, intangible force which may be likened to a third mind

Success is the development of the power with which to get whatever one wants in life without interfering with the rights of others.

Put your foot upon the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do, or say.

Every successful person finds that great success lies just beyond the point when they're convinced their idea is not going to work.

TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO, BUT FIRST SHOW IT.This is the equivalent of saying "deeds, and not words, are what count most.

Every individual has the power to change his or her material or financial status by first changing the nature of his or her beliefs.

Every failure, every adversity, every heartache may be a blessing in disguise providing it softens the animal portion of our nature.

All achievement, no matter what may be its nature, or its purpose, must begin with an intense, burning desire for something definite.

The possibilities of creative effort connected with the subconscious mind are stupendous and imponderable. They inspire one with awe.

It is now a documented principle of psychology that human beings subconsciously move in the direction of their most dominant thought.

We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment.

Men take on the nature and the habits and the power of thought of those with whom they associate in a spirit of sympathy and harmony.

Indecision, doubt and fear. The members of this unholy trio are closely related; where one is found, the other two are close at hand.

One of the most essential yet the hardest truths that I have had to learn is that every person should be his own hardest task-master.

Every great leader of the past, whose record I have examined, was beset by difficulties and met with temporary defeat before 'arriving

One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.

If you have been wise and successful I congratulate you. Unless you are unable to forget how successful you have been, then I pity you.

Until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire, you will be neither successful nor happy.

Many successful people have found opportunities in failure and adversity that they could not recognize in more favorable circumstances.

Don't be afraid of a little opposition. Remember that the 'Kite' of success generally rises AGAINST the wind of Adversity, not with it.

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.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

Successful people, in all callings, never stop acquiring specialized knowledge related to their major purpose, business, or profession.

If you think your lot in life has been hard read “Up From Slavery” by Booker T. Washington, and you may see how fortunate you have been.

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