Remember To Think Big

"Take my advice and never be a know-it all. First of all, it’s impossible to know everything, and second of all, it’s just no fun—for you or anyone else. And third, you will be missing out on some great adventures. So remember to think big by expanding your horizons at the same time you’re expanding your net worth. That’s what significant success is about."

-- Donald Trump

Don't Take No For An Answer

"Want to know why some people always seem to get what they want? It’s because they don’t sit around making excuses and hoping it will just manifest out of thin air while they’re waiting. They do it despite all the obstacles that could deter them. They get their heads down, and they don’t take no for an answer."

-- Richard Templar

Expect Stuff to Happen Differently

"Expect stuff to happen. That way, you’ll be ready to react to it—with a new Game Plan, a new set of short-term goals, and a renewed effort to get you to where you ultimately want to go."

-- Bob Bowman

Don't Reinforce That Failure is Bad

"Giving up after the first failure can easily become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Each time you quit, you reinforce the idea that failure is bad, which in turn will prevent you from trying again; thus your fear of failure inhibits your ability to learn."

-- Amy Morin

The Need To Set New Goals for Ourselves

"We need to set new goals for ourselves. In accomplishing them, we will find a renewed sense of vigor. It is really as simple as taking pen in hand and listing categories in which we can set these goals. Our categories can be simple: spirituality, friendships, creativity, physicality."

-- Julia Cameron

You Can Choose What To Think

"Remember, you can choose to think in ways that will support you in your happiness and success instead of ways that don’t."

-- T Harv Eker

Eliminate Irrelevant Noise To Your Job

"Think like a great swimmer: Aim for a quality effort by focusing on the job, what’s relevant to doing your job, and eliminating the noise that is irrelevant to the job. Remove the chaos.”"

-- Bob Bowman

Thoughts and Emotions Can Be Chosen

"When we understand that thoughts and emotions can be chosen, then we finally realize that we err in saying, “I don’t feel happy” or “I feel sad and there is nothing I can do about it.” Since we have some choice in how we feel at any given moment, the more accurate statements would be “I am not using my mind right now to generate a feeling of happiness” or “I have been choosing to focus on sad things for a while and that has created this feeling of sadness” or “I am allowing my unconscious impulses to direct me now rather than using my consciousness to feel positive and design my ideal reality.”

-- Brendon Burchard

Failure is Just The Beginning

"Failure doesn’t have to be the end. In fact, most successful people treat failure as just the beginning of a long journey to success."

-- Amy Morin

Make a Habit To Practice Honesty and Intergrity

"Make it a habit to practice honesty and integrity in everything you do. Without integrity, nothing else is possible. Lack of integrity in a single area is often the fatal flaw that holds people back for their entire lives."

-- Brian Tracy

Luck and Hard Work

"However, I believe in the expression “The harder you work, the luckier you get.” The only thing you can control is how hard you work— and how often you show up, even after you’ve been rejected."

-- Bobby Bones

Folly To Measure Success in Money or Fame

"It’s folly to measure your success in money or fame. Success is measured only by your ability to say yes to these two questions: Did I do the work I needed to do? Did I give it everything I had?"

-- Cheryl Strayed

When You Avoid Failure You Also Avoid Success

"Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success."

-- Robert T. Kiyosaki

Every Success Path is Different

"Write down your definition of success. When you’re tempted to resent other individuals who are working toward their own definitions of success, remind yourself of your definition. Everyone’s path to success is different and it’s important to recognize that your journey is unique."

-- Amy Morin

First Step is To Take Time to Read and Learn

"There are many roads to wisdom and many wonderful books to educate us on our way. I’m sure you’ll discover your own favorites, but the first step is to take the time to read and learn in the first place. In the long term, this will save you time because you will be learning from people who have already been faced with serious issues and who have been victorious."

-- Donald Trump

Take Some Detailed Thoughts and Planning

"Anything worth having is going to take some detailed thought and planning and preparing and ground work laying. If it’s not down in writing you risk leaving out something vital that slows you down or even stops you in your tracks."

-- Richard Templar

Take Action Then Take More Actions

"Taking action—and then taking more actions—is the key to our progress. It’s easy to forget the simple fact that when we are working on our project, our project is in motion. Our project is alive. It is up to us to nurture and sustain it."

-- Julia Cameron

Don't Waste Time on Hatred

"Time spent in hatred not only is wasted, but it smothers the only worthwhile emotions of the human heart, and renders a person useless for constructive work. Thoughts of hatred do not harm anyone except the person who indulges in them."

-- Napoleon Hill

How To Compare Against Yourself

"Comparing yourself to others is like comparing apples and oranges. You have your own set of unique talents, skills, and life experiences, so comparing yourself to other people isn’t an accurate way to measure your self-worth. Instead, compare yourself to who you used to be and measure how you’re growing as an individual."

-- Amy Morin

Each Day Put in A Little Extra Effort

"I tell my swimmers that each time they put in a little extra effort during practice they’re making a deposit in their vision account. That account works like a savings account: The more you put in, the more your talent or skill will grow."

-- Bob Bowman

Our Faith and Optimism Grow with Every Positive Action

"As we act in the direction of our dreams, we are given strength and courage. The first brush stroke leads to the second.  The first word leads to the next. Our capacity to create is tied to our capacity for the faith and optimism it takes to begin. Our faith and optimism grow with every positive action, however small."

-- Julia Cameron

Use Your Minds in a Purposeful Way

 "People who are motivated are not lucky. They are conscientious. They choose to use their minds in a more purposeful way in order to energize and lift their lives. And for that they tend to achieve more and gain more respect."

-- Brendon Burchard

Do Work That You Care

"Perhaps the most important word is caring. If you really care about your work, it’s probably the work that you were meant to do. If you don’t care about your work, you would be in effect living a lie. If you do not feel fully engaged with your work, it doesn’t mean that there is something wrong with your job. It is just that this job is wrong for you. And you will never be successful doing something that you don’t care about."

-- Brian Tracy

Focus on Sharpening Your Own Skills

"The more time you spend wishing you could do what someone else does, the less time you’ll focus on sharpening your own skills. Wishing that other people lacked talent won’t improve your talent."

-- Amy Morin

Learn As Much During The Process

"Learn from your mistakes while you are making them. Knowing that whatever I’m doing is likely not going to work out, I try to learn as much during the process as I possibly can."

-- Bobby Bones

Forward is The Direction of Real Life

"We all get stuck in place on occasion. We all move backward sometimes. Every day we must make the decision to move in the direction of our intentions. Forward is the direction of real life."

-- Cheryl Strayed

Now is What Happen in Your Future

You Have To Get There Yourself

"I realize now when I can assess a situation quickly that it’s a result of wisdom I’ve gained through a variety of experiences. It’s a bit like being able to trust your instincts because you’ve had a good record of successes. It’s very hard for me to just give you this wisdom—you have to get there yourself. But these pointers were helpful to me as a student, and they are worth thinking about."

-- Donald Trump