“Before success comes in any man's life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure.”

“Find out what you really love to do, and then find a way to make a good living doing it.”

“One comes to believe whatever one repeats to one’s self, whether the statement be true or false.”

“Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.”

“five per cent who were succeeding had formed the habit of systematic saving of money,”

“One of Henry Ford’s most outstanding qualities is his habit of reaching decisions quickly and definitely, and changing them slowly.”

“I am the Master of my Fate, I am the Captain of my Soul,”

“It isn’t defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it, that whips you.”

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches.”

“Ignorance and Fear are twin sisters. They are generally found together.”

“It should be recognised as a crime (in reality it is a crime of the worst nature) for any parent to build inferiority complexes in the mind of a child through unnecessary criticism. Employers who understand human nature get the best there is out of people not by criticism but by constructive suggestion. Parents may accomplish the same results with their children. Criticism will plant fear or resentment in the human heart but it will not build love or affection.”

“Tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it.”

“Life has no bargains. Everything that you get that's worthy of having has a price upon it.”

“5. Lack of self-discipline. Discipline comes through self-control. This means that one must control all negative qualities. Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself. Self-mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. You may see at one and the same time both your best friend and your greatest enemy, by stepping in front of a mirror.”

“We rise to high positions or remain at the bottom because of conditions we can control if we desire to control them.”

“The Golden Rule means we should do unto others as we would wish them to do unto us if our positions were reversed.”

“Desire The Starting Point of All Achievement: the First Step Toward Riches”

“You may as well know, right here, that you can never have riches in great quantities, unless you can work yourself into a white heat of desire for money, and actually believe you will possess it.”

“Failure so often hates the very sight of success. Speaking with successful men, I have noticed they speak in complimentary terms of other men who are succeeding. Their attitude is not one of envy, but of willingness to learn from others.”

“Broadway will give any beggar a cup of coffee and a sandwich, but it demands persistence of those who go after the big stakes.”

“Building alibis is a deeply rooted habit.”

“A man is no bigger than the things which he allows to annoy him.”

“If a man repeats a lie over and over, he will eventually accept the lie as truth. Moreover, he will believe it to be the truth.”

“To be successful, you must find peace of mind, acquire the material needs of life, and above all, attain happiness. All of these evidences of success begin in the form of thought impulses.”

“Whatever you Do — Do it Well — to the Finish.”

“Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.”

“one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.”

“It is always safe to talk about others as long as you speak of their good qualities.”

“During times of disaster sorrow brings people together in a spirit of friendship, and influences man to recognize the blessings of becoming his brother's keeper.”

“The world will forgive you if you make mistakes, but it will never forgive you if you make no DECISIONS, because it will never hear of you outside of the community in which you live.”

“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.”

“Failure brings a climax in which one has the privilege of clearing his mind of fear and making a new start in another direction.”

“WHY I should clutter up my mind with general knowledge, for the purpose of being able to answer questions, when I have men around me who can supply any knowledge I require?”

“PROCRASTINATION. The habit of putting off until tomorrow that which should have been done last year.”

“The man who can intelligently use the knowledge possessed by another is as much or more a man of education as the person who merely has the knowledge but does not know what to do with it. The”

“more gold has been mined from the brains of men than has ever been taken from the earth.”

“The person who is the star of previous era is often the last one to adapt to change, the last one to yield to logic of a strategic inflection point and tends to fall harder than most.”

“if you're wrong, you will die. But most companies don't die because they are wrong; most die because they don't commit themselves. They fritter away their valuable resources while attempting to make a decision. The greatest danger is in Standing still”

“Altogether too often, people substitute opinions for facts and emotions for analysis.”

“How can you motivate yourself to continue to follow a leader when he appears to be going around in circles?”

“Remember too that your time is your one finite resource, and when you say “yes” to one thing you are inevitably saying “no” to another.”

“In Technology, whatever can be done will be done”

“People in the trenches are usually in touch with impending changes early”

“Business success contains the seeds of its own destruction. The more Successful you are, the more people want a chunk of your business and then another chunk and then another until there is nothing”

“People who have no emotional stake in a decision can see what needs to be done sooner.”

“You can be the subject of a strategic inflection point but you can also be the cause of one”

“It's harder to be the best of class in several fields than in just one”

“In short, strategic inflection points are about fundamental change in any business, technological or not”

“As we throw ourselves into raw actions, our senses and instincts will rapidly be honed again”

“The ability to recognize that the winds have shifted and to take appropriate action before you wreck your boat in crucial to the future of an enterprise”