Earl Nightingale Quotes

American motivational speaker (1921-1989)

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Earl Nightingale V (March 12, 1921 – March 25, 1989) was an American radio speaker and author, dealing mostly with the subjects of human character development, motivation, and meaningful existence. He was the voice during the early 1950s of Sky King, the hero of a radio adventure series, and was a WGN radio program host from 1950 to 1956. Nightingale was the author of The Strangest Secret, which economist Terry Savage has termed "…one of the great motivational books of all time."

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Do each day all that can be done that day. You don't need to overwork or to rush blindly into your work trying to do the greatest possible number of things in the shortest possible time.

It is our attitude toward life that determines life’s attitude toward us. We get back what we put out.

Think about your goal in a relaxed, positive way. Picture yourself in your mind’s eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you will be doing when you’ve reached your goal.

WE BECOME WHAT WE THINK ABOUT

A person who does not read is no better than one cannot read.

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice... it is conformity.

Everything that’s really worthwhile in life came to us free; our mind, our soul, our body, our hopes, our dreams, our ambitions, our intelligence, our love of family and children and friends. All these priceless possessions are free, but the things that cost us money are actually very cheap and can be replaced at any time.

Think about your goal in a relaxed, positive way. Picture yourself in your mind's eye as having already achieved this goal. See your self doing the things you will be doing when you have reached your goal.

But much more important than that, only one in “I don’t know how many thousands” will take a large notepad, write the problem at the top of the page, and then deliberately turn on his thinking apparatus.

Prosperity is founded upon a law of mutual exchange. Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper, in turn, himself. Sometimes the return will not come from those you serve, but it must come to you from someplace, for that is the law.

People who have goals succeed because they know where they're going. It's that simple.

Successful people are not without problems. They're simply people who've learned to solve their problems.

DAY ACTION IDEAS FOR PUTTING THE STRANGEST SECRET TO WORK FOR YOU

Live this new way and the flood gates of abundance will open and pour over you more riches than you may have dreamed existed. Money, yes, lots of it, but what’s more important you’ll have peace. You’ll be in that wonderful minority who lead calm, cheerful successful lives. Start today. You have nothing to lose. But you have a life to win.

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway...