Others treat us as we treat them. They react to us. They only give us back a reflection of our own attitude. - Earl Nightingale
Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations. - Earl Nightingale
People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be – whether they will admit that or not. - Earl Nightingale
People who have goals succeed because they know where they’re going. It’s that simple. - Earl Nightingale
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. - Earl Nightingale
Preparation for life is so important. Luck is what happens when preparedness meets opportunity. Opportunity is all around us. Are you prepared? - Earl Nightingale
Problems are challenges to creative minds. Without problems, there would be little reason to think at all. - Earl Nightingale
Set worthy goals. Don’t drift along as a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific. - Earl Nightingale
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! - Earl Nightingale
The human mind is much like a farmer’s land. The land gives the farmer a choice. He may plant in that land whatever he chooses. The land doesn’t care what is planted. It’s up to the farmer to make the decision. The mind, like the land, will return what you plant, but it doesn’t care what you plant. - Earl Nightingale
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. - Earl Nightingale
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. - Earl Nightingale
There is a time when one must decide either to risk everything to fulfill one’s dreams or sit for the rest of one’s life in the backyard. - Earl Nightingale
Think of a ship with the complete voyage mapped out and planned. The captain and crew know exactly where the ship is going and how long it will take — it has a definite goal. And 9,999 times out of 10,000, it will get there. - Earl Nightingale
Visualization is the human being’s vehicle to the future – good, bad, or indifferent. It’s strictly in our control. - Earl Nightingale