An hour of planning can say you 10 hours of doing.
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
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You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.
If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. The proceed to improve on the worst.
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It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit.
It is a hard thing to leave any deeply routined life, even if you hate it.
A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action. The desire for success implants ''success consciousness'' which, in turn, creates a vigorous and ever-increasing ''habit of success.''
The way you habitually think will determine your destiny.
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot.
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man’s task.
There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has come.
Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you. . . If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it.
You are the only person who thinks in your mind. You are the power and authority in your world.
I think it’s important to realize that you can miss something, but not want it back.
Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.
Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you are not saying 'no' to yourself.
Hold every moment sacred. Give each clarity and meaning, each the weight of thine awareness, each its true and due fulfillment.
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.
Some of the worst things in my life never happened.