“the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.”

“Know What You Believe What are your values today with regard to your work and your career? Do you believe in the values of integrity, hard work, dependability, creativity, cooperation, initiative, ambition, and getting along well with people? People who live these values in their work are vastly more successful and more highly esteemed than people who do not. What are your values with regard to your family? Do you believe in the importance of unconditional love, continuous encouragement and reinforcement, patience, forgiveness, generosity, warmth, and attentiveness? People who practice these values consistently with the important people in their lives are much happier than people who do not. What are your values with regard to money and financial success? Do you believe in the importance of honesty, industry, thrift, frugality, education, excellent performance, quality, and persistence? People who practice these values are far more successful in their financial lives than those who do not, and they achieve their financial goals far faster as well. What about your health? Do you believe in the importance of self-discipline, self-mastery, and self-control with regard to diet, exercise, and rest? Do you set high standards for health and fitness and then work every day to live up to those standards? People who practice these values live longer, healthier lives than people who do not.”

“Whatever you believe, with conviction, becomes your reality.”

“When in doubt, check if your actions are aligned with your purpose.”

“Committing your goals to paper increases the likelihood of your achieving them by one thousand percent.”

“An average person with average talent, ambition and education can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear, focused goals.”

“If you can get yourself to read 30 minutes a day, you're going to double your income every year.”

“There is an old saying that "by the yard it's hard; but inch by inch, anything's a cinch!”

“The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.”

“You have within you,right now,everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.”

“Before you begin work, always ask yourself, "Is this task in the top 20 percent of my activities or in the bottom 80 percent?”

“Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than  any other.  ”

“The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.”

“How shall we live in order to be happy?” Your ability to ask and answer that question correctly for yourself—and then to follow where your answer leads you—will largely determine whether you achieve your own happiness, and how soon.”

“Future intent influences and often determines present actions.”