Alan > Alan's Quotes

“Debt requires you to transfer your future wealth to your creditors.”
― Mary Hunt, Debt-Proof Living: The Complete Guide to Living Financially Free

“Giving in its purest form is done with a heart that says I wish it were more, and I expect nothing in return.”
― Mary Hunt, Debt-Proof Living: The Complete Guide to Living Financially Free

“You cannot tailor-make your situations in life, but you can tailor-make your attitude to fit those situations. ~ Zig Ziglar,”
― Mary Hunt, Debt-Proof Living: The Complete Guide to Living Financially Free

“Become meaningful in your interactions and the path to success in any endeavor is simpler and far more sustainable.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age

“Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts. ”
― Og Mandino

“It is always easy for those living in the present to feel superior to those who lived in the past.”
― Charles C. Mann

“Be not proud because thou art learned; but discourse with the ignorant man, as with the sage. For no limit can be set to skill, neither is there any craftsman that possesseth full advantages. Fair speech is more rare than the emerald that is found by slave-maidens on the pebbles.”
― Ptahhotep, The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and the Instruction of Ke'Gemni The Oldest Books in the World

“And they that are guided go not astray, but they that lose their bearings cannot find a straight course.”
― Ptahhotep, The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and the Instruction of Ke'Gemni The Oldest Books in the World

“Silence is more profitable unto thee than abundance of speech.”
― Ptahhotep, The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and the Instruction of Ke'Gemni The Oldest Books in the World

“Believe, really believe, you can move a mountain, an~ you can. Not many people believe that they can move mountains. So, as a result, not many people do.”
― Anonymous

“The book Emotional Intelligence reported a similar finding. In studying successful people, the author discovered that 15 percent of success could be attributed to training and education, while 85 percent was attributed to attitude, perseverance, diligence, and vision.”
― Anonymous

“Everywhere you encounter people who are inwardly afraid, who shrink from life, who suffer from a deep sense of inadequacy and insecurity, who doubt their own powers. Deep within themselves they mistrust their ability to meet responsibilities or to grasp opportunities.”
― Anonymous

“An authoritative source declares that every other hospital bed in the United States is occupied by a patient who was put there not because he encountered a germ or had an accident or developed an organic malady, but because of his inability to organize and discipline his emotions.”
― Anonymous

“For you to have success, you – the person that’s reading this right now – for you to have success, you have to be insane.”
― Napoleon Hill, Vibrational Money Immersion - Think and Grow Rich for Network Marketers

“He that gives good advice, builds with one hand. He that gives good advice and sets a good example, builds with both hands. But he that gives good advice and sets a bad example, builds with one hand and tears down with the other.”
― Mark Atteberry, The 10 Dumbest Things Christians Do

“Failing... and becoming a failure... are two very different things.”
― Richard Fenton, Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There

“Instead of avoiding no or perhaps simply tolerating it, what if we went out of our way to actually go for no!”
― Richard Fenton, Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There

“The ability to say ‘woe is me’ shows an abundance of inactivity.” If I have time to think about how crappy things are, then I simply am not in action. I am not doing enough.”
― Napoleon Hill, Vibrational Money Immersion - Think and Grow Rich for Network Marketers

“One ever feels his two-ness—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.”
― W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk

“The end game should be for you to be able to live your life off the interest income from your investments without ever touching the principle.”
― Brian Carruthers, Money Mindset: Wealth Building Roadmap for Network Marketers

“If you have always had trouble attracting money, or keeping what you have earned, I am confident you will remember hearing the negative programming about money earlier in your life.”
― Brian Carruthers, Money Mindset: Wealth Building Roadmap for Network Marketers

“Spending money that you don’t have on purchases that are not intended to make you money is sending you in the opposite direction of growing wealth or becoming debt free.”
― Brian Carruthers, Money Mindset: Wealth Building Roadmap for Network Marketers

“You must have self discipline, or the world will discipline you. Either way, you will get disciplined.”
― Brian Carruthers, Money Mindset: Wealth Building Roadmap for Network Marketers

“You will be the same person five years from now that you are today, except for the people you meet and the books you read.”
― Brian Carruthers, Money Mindset: Wealth Building Roadmap for Network Marketers

“These days, we prefer the quick fix of instant information and low-quality entertainment over real-world interactions and experiences.”
― S.J. Scott, 10-Minute Digital Declutter: The Simple Habit to Eliminate Technology Overload

“Wealthy people are often criticized for being obsessed with money, but the truth is, it’s the poor, working, and middle class that spend the most time thinking about it.”
― Steve Siebold, How Rich People Think

“If you can’t remove yourself from the environment, learn to speak up and change the subject.”
― Lynn R. Davis, Deliver Me From Negative Self-Talk: A Guide to Speaking Faith-Filled Words

“The masses love the lottery because deep down they believe it’s their only chance to get rich. The fact is, they’re probably right. Not because they’re not capable, but because they don’t have faith in their own abilities, and their beliefs about money limit their financial success.”
― Steve Siebold, How Rich People Think

“Any world-class performer will tell you that it’s not getting what you want that’s so much fun, but the person you become along the journey.”
― Steve Siebold, How Rich People Think

“Many people in this world are so full of bullshit, they would never pick up a book that would show them how to break through their BS because they feel they “don’t need it.” The”
― Derek Doepker, Break Through Your BS: Uncover Your Brain's Blind Spots and Unleash Your Inner Greatness