Earl Nightingale is one of the most influential figures in self-development and success literature. He was a pioneer in the field of motivational speaking for business, sales, and personal development. His work continues to inspire millions through his books and audio programs. Here are some legendary Earl Nightingale Quotes.
Inspiring Earl Nightingale Quotes
“Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.”
“People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.”
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”
“Shooting for the top will bring out the best that’s in you.”
“We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.”
“To acheive happiness, we should make certain that we are never without an important goal.”
“We become what we think about.”
“Our rewards in life will always be in direct ratio to our service.”
“Strange and marvelous things will happen with constant regularity as you alter your life and begin living in harmony with the laws of the universe.”
“Everything that’s really worthwhile in life comes to us.”
“Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.”
“Don’t concern yourself too much with how you are going to achieve your goal – leave that completely to a power greater than yourself. All you have to do is know where you’re going. The answers will come to you of their own accord, and at the right time.”
“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.”
“The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!”
“Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.”
“Instead of competing, all we have to do is create.”
“We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.”
“People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be – whether they will admit that or not.”
“Mistakes are a natural part of growing up. They’re to be expected and made light of. But children bloom like spring flowers under praise. They want so much to be noticed and appreciated, to excel and have that excellence noticed.”
“All you have to do is know where you’re going. The answers will come to you of their own accord.”
“Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.”
“Courage changes things for the better…[With courage you can] stay with something long enough to succeed at it, realizing that it usually takes two, three or four times as long to succeed as you thought or hoped.”
“Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind.”
Earl Nightingale Quotes on Life
“Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it’s at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.”
“The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.”
“Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.”
“You’ll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.”
“A great attitude is not the result of success; success is the result of a great attitude.”
“A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.”
“You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together.”
“Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.”
“We tend to live up to our expectations.”
“We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.”
“Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.”
“The key that unlocks energy is desire. It’s also the key to a long and interesting life. If we expect to create any drive, any real force within ourselves, we have to get excited.”
“Most people think they want more money than they really do, and they settle for a lot less than they could get”
“With every adversity, there is an equal or greater gift. Keep looking for the gift.”
“The big thing is that you know what you want.”
“Achievement requires more than a vision – it takes courage, resolve and tenacity. All you have got to do is plant that seed in your mind, care for it, work steadily toward your goal, and it will become a reality”
“What’s going on in the inside shows on the outside.”
“It is in the expectations of happiness that much of happiness itself is found. And it takes courage to expect happiness.”
“Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you’ll be doing when you’ve reached your goal.”
“If a person will spend one hour a day on the same subject for five years, that person will be an expert on that subject.”
“Problems are challenges to creative minds. Without problems, there would be little reason to think at all.”
More Earl Nightingale Quotes
“When the days are too short, chances are you are living at your best.”
“We must radiate success before it will come to us. We must first become mentally, from an attitude standpoint, the people we wish to become.”
“We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it.”
“The strangest secret in the world is that you become what you think about.”
“Our rewards in life will always be in exact proportion to the amount of consideration we show toward others.”
“Control your thoughts. Decide about that which you will think and concentrate upon. You are in charge of your life to the degree you take charge of your thoughts.”
“Successful people form the habit of doing what failures don’t like to do. They like the results they get by doing what they don’t necessarily enjoy.”
“The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers.”
“I’m grateful for the opportunity to live on this beautiful and astonishing planet Earth. In the morning, I wake up with a sense of gratitude.”
“Everything begins with an idea.”
“We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret.”
“Watch what everyone else does–do the opposite. The majority is always wrong.”