1 “The point is clear. People who get things done in this world don’t wait for the spirit to move them; they move the spirit.”
2 “You win when you refuse to fight petty people. Fighting little people reduces you to their size.”
3 “Action cures fear. Indecision, postponement, on the other hand, fertilize fear.”
4 “In the words of Publilius Syrus: A wise man will be master of his mind, A fool will be its slave.”
5 “Think first class about everyone around you, and you’ll receive first-class results in return.”
6 “When you boil it all down, the big cause of stress is negative feelings toward other people.”
7 “Talk only Happiness, talk only Progress, talk only Prosperity.”
8 “Successful people, like successful businesses, live with these questions: “How can I improve the quality of my performance? How can I do better?” Absolute perfection in all human undertakings from building missiles to rearing children is unattainable. This means there is endless room for improvement. Successful people know this, and they are always searching for a better way. (Note: The successful person doesn’t ask, “Can I do it better?” He knows he can. So he phrases the question: “How can I do it better?”)”
9 “Be extra, extra cautious about this: don’t let negative-thinking people—“negators”—destroy your plan to think yourself to success. Negators are everywhere, and they seem to delight in sabotaging the positive progress of others.”
10 “Act the way you want to feel.”
11 “Be objective. Put yourself in a glass tube and look at yourself as a disinterested third party would look at the situation. See if you have a weakness that you’ve never noticed before. If you have, take action to correct it.”
12 “How can I do more?” Capacity is a state of mind. Asking yourself this question puts your mind to work to find intelligent shortcuts. The success combination in business is: Do what you do better (improve the quality of your output), and: Do more of what you do (increase the quantity of your output).”
13 “Put service first, and money takes care of itself.”
14 “Truly, fear is a powerful force. In one way or another fear prevents people from getting what they want from life. Fear”
15 “Top-level leaders in all walks of life spend much more time requesting advice than they do in giving it. Before a top man makes a decision, he asks, “How do you feel about it?” “What do you recommend?” “What would you do under these circumstances?” “How does this sound to you?”
16 “Guard your psychological environment. Select friends who are interested in positive things, friends who really do want to see you succeed. Find friends who breathe encouragement into your plans and ideals. If you don’t, if you select petty thinkers as your close friends, you’ll gradually develop into a petty thinker yourself.”
17 “Next time you see a particularly well-poised, well-groomed, clear-thinking, effective person, remind yourself that he wasn’t born that way. Lots of conscious effort, invested day by day, made the person what he is. Building new positive habits and destroying old negative habits is a day-by-day process.”
18 “The moral is this: Look at things not as they are, but as they can be. Visualization adds value to everything. A big thinker always visualizes what can be done in the future. He isn’t stuck with the present.”
19 “Say you feel wonderful at every possible opportunity, and you will begin to feel wonderful—and bigger, too.”
20 “Grow these three attitudes. Make them your allies in everything you do. 1. Grow the attitude of I’m activated. 2. Grow the attitude of You are important. 3. Grow the attitude of Service first.”
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