“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal,” (Location 468)
it’s been well-established that the most successful men and women manage to live in a wonderful state of balance. They have lots of recreation, and they get lots of rest. The mind works best when we’re properly rested, and the mind is the best and most important part of us, regardless of what we choose to do. (Location 481)
If you have a goal that you find worthy of you as a person—a goal that fills you with joy at the thought of it—believe me, you’ll reach it. (Location 488)
We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we’ve established for ourselves. (Location 494)
One thing a goal must do, however, is fill us with positive emotion when we think about it; it must be something we want very much to bring about. The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment. (Location 505)
If someone asked you for your next port of call, your current goal, could you tell him? Is your goal clear and concise in your mind? Have you written it down? (Location 533)
If you can get a picture of your goal and stick it to your bathroom mirror, it’s an excellent idea to do so. (Location 535)
The better, the more clearly, our goal is defined, the more real it becomes to us—and, before long, the more attainable. (Location 539)
All the days of our lives, we should be engaged in moving toward—earning and looking forward to—a new plateau on which to stand, a new goal to accomplish. (Location 546)
Of one thing you can be sure: You will become what you think about. (Location 558)
But if your thinking is orderly and clear, if you have a goal that is important for you to reach, then reach it you will. (Location 559)
One goal at a time—that’s important. (Location 560)
You see, you are, at this moment, the living embodiment of the sum total of your thoughts to this point in your life. (Location 568)
five years from now, you will be the sum total of your thoughts to that point in time. (Location 569)
By thinking every morning, every night, and as many times during the day as we can, about the single goal we’ve established for ourselves, we actually begin moving toward it, and bringing it toward us. (Location 572)
“The person without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder. Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you.” (Location 581)
Look at your goal card every morning and night and as many times during the day as you conveniently can. (Location 586)
See yourself as having already attained your goal. (Location 587)
For that is the secret of success, the door to everything you will ever have or be. (Location 589)
be thinking about your goal and ways of improving your performance—increasing your service—six-and-one-half full, extra working weeks a year! (Location 715)
There’s a story about a preacher who was driving by a beautiful farm. (Location 867)
Each morning, and during the day, ask yourself this question: “How can I increase my service today, knowing that my rewards in life must be in exact proportion to my service?” (Location 883)
(1) the yearly income he wants to earn now—or in the near future; (2) the amount of money he wants to have in a savings and/or investment account; and (3) the amount of money he wants as retirement income—whether or not he ever retires from active work. (Location 1464)
