Change your thoughts and you change your world.
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors.
Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.
Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.
Change yourself and your work will seem different.
Help us to be thankful for this day and every day and treat each one as a preciousgem to be filled to the full with meaning and with love.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. Make all your friends feel there is something special in them. Look at the sunny side of everything. Think only the best, be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.
The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.
We may live victoriously, not because we have any power within ourselves, but because when we give ourselves to God, He gives himself to us.
Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.
Talk peaceful to be peaceful.
Never say anything to hurt anyone. Moreover . . . refrain from double talk, from shrewd and canny remarks that are designed to advance our interests at someone's disadvantage. We are to turn our back upon evil, and in every way possible, do good, help people and bring blessings into their lives.
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
A clean mind always delivers power.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
The whole trend and quality of anyone's life is determined in the long run by the choices that are made.
Any fact facing us, however difficult, even seemingly hopeless, is not so important as our attitude towards that fact. How you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You may permit a fact to overwhelm you mentally before you deal with it actually. On the other hand, a confident and optimistic thought pattern can overcome or modify the fact altogether.
Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.
Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person.
The controlled person is a powerful person. He who always keeps his head will get ahead.
How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively.
Develop serenity and quiet attitudes through your conversation. Depending upon the words we use and the tone in which we use them, we can talk ourselves into being nervous, high-strung, and upset. By our speech, we can also achieve quiet reactions. Talk peaceful to be peaceful.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.