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success doesn’t demand a price. Every step forward pays a dividend.
“Great men are those who see that thoughts rule the world”;
Disraeli: “Life is too short to be little.”
Belief, the “I’m-positive-I-can” attitude, generates the power, skill, and energy needed to do. When you believe I-can-do-it, the how-to-do-it develops.
Those who believe they can move mountains, do. Those who believe they can’t, cannot. Belief triggers the power to do.
The “Okay-I’ll-give-it-a-try-but-I-don’t-think-it-will-work” attitude produces failures.
When the mind disbelieves or doubts, the mind attracts “reasons” to support the disbelief.
He believes he is among the best, and so he acts and performs the best.
It is well to respect the leader. Learn from him. Observe him. Study him. But don’t worship him. Believe you can surpass. Believe you can go beyond. Those who harbor the second-best attitude are invariably second-best doers.
Belief is the thermostat that regulates what we ac...
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others see in us what we see in ourselves,
I discovered that I had held back. I had always carried a little stick. I dug into myself deeper and deeper and found the reason I lacked initiative was because I didn’t believe inside that I was worth very much.
no one else was going to believe in me until I believed in myself.
‘I’m through feeling second-class. From here on in I’m not going to sell myself short.’
Use Mr. Triumph 100 percent of the time.
Let the master thought “I will succeed” dominate your thinking process.
Remind yourself regularly that you are better than you think you are. Successful people are not supermen. Success does not require a superintellect. Nor is there anything mystical about success. And success isn’t based on luck. Successful people are just ordinary folks who have developed belief in themselves and what they do. Never—yes, never—sell yourself short.
Believe Big. The size of your success is determined by the size of your belief. Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success. Remember this, too! Big ideas and big plans are often easier—certainly no more difficult—than small ideas and small plans.
Select for special study the most successful and the most unsuccessful person you know. Then, as the book unfolds, observe how closely your successful friend adheres to the success principles.
Each contact you make with another person gives you a chance to see success development principles at work. Your objective is to make successful action habitual. The more we practice, the sooner it becomes second nature to act in the desired way.
nothing stands as a bigger challenge than making the most of yourself.
Thoughts, positive or negative, grow stronger when fertilized with constant repetition.
Looking and looking and looking for an illness often actually produces illness.
I’d resolve to live until I die.”
“I’m going to live until I die and I’m not going to get life and death confused. While I’m on this earth I’m going to live. Why be only half alive? Every minute a person spends worrying about dying is just one minute that fellow might as well have been dead.”
“Diabetes is a physical condition; but the biggest damage results from having a negative attitude toward it. Worry about it, and you may have real trouble.”
He spends most of his mental energy worrying about what might happen.
he is not living to be sick.
When I take those shots, I just praise the guys who discovered insulin.”
“It’s just an arm,” he said, “Sure, two are better than one. But they just cut off my arm. My spirit is one hundred percent intact. I’m really grateful for that.”
The right attitude and one arm will beat the wrong attitude and two arms every time.
Success-minded people defeat the natural tendency to talk about their “bad” health.
Just being grateful for the health you have is powerful vaccination against developing new aches and pains and real illness.
the thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important than how much intelligence you may have.
For stickability is 95 percent of ability.
Had I been drilled a little more in why a small business can succeed, I’d be better off in every way today.”
Remember, the thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important than how much intelligence you have.
Phil was a “human” engineer. Phil was 100 percent positive. Phil could inspire others when they felt low. Phil was enthusiastic. He generated enthusiasm; Phil understood people, and, because he could really see what made them tick, he liked them.
how he managed those brains, made him three times more valuable
differences in attitudes, or difference in thought management. The top group worried less, was more enthusiastic, had a sincere liking for people.
it was more important to use your mind to think than to use it as a warehouse for facts.
that the ability to know how to get information is more important than using the mind as a garage for facts.
Never underestimate your own intelligence, and never overestimate the intelligence of others. Don’t sell yourself short. Concentrate on your assets. Discover your superior talents. Remember,
Manage your brains instead of worrying
Remind yourself several times daily, “My attitudes are more important than my intelligence.”
See the reasons why you can do
Put your intelligence to creative positive use. Use it to find ways to win,
“Am I using my mental ability to make history,
Old age is a failure disease. Defeat it by refusing to let it hold you back.
Back on the farm a boy became a man when he proved he could do the work of a man. His number of birthdays had nothing to do with it.
