Earl Nightingale’s Quotes on Success and Life that Never Fail to Inspire

Earl Nightingale was an American radio speaker, known for his warm voice, and an author. He dealt mostly with the subjects of human character development, motivation, and meaningful existence.

He wrote a book called “The Strangest Secret.” It was a spoken word record published in 1957. It sold more than one million copies and got the first Gold Record for the spoken word. In 1950, he was inspired by the words “we become what we think about” in Napoleon Hill’s book Think and Grow Rich. Now, his words inspire millions.

His quotes on life and success are still a source of motivation to many. Here are some of the quotes that have and will continue to inspire many.

Quotes on Success

You have to know what you want in life, you have to be clear in your vision for your life, you become successful by achieving it. It can mean nothing to others, and everything to you. When what you want from your life becomes your focus, and you set to achieve it, you are on your path to success.

Like Earl Nightingale said,

“You become what you think about.”

“All you have to do is know where you’re going. The answers will come to you of their own accord.”

“The big thing is that you know what you want.”

“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.”

“People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.”

“Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.”

“All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.”

“Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.”

“Everything begins with an idea.”

“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.”

“Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.”

“Goals reflect your choice of destination.”

“The biggest mistake you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else.”

“Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.”

“1. Give yourself a definite goal. 2. Quit running yourself down. 3. Stop thinking of all the reasons you cannot be successful and instead, think of all the reasons why you can. 4. Trace your attitudes back through your childhood and try to discover where you first got the idea you couldn’t be successful – if that’s the way you’ve been thinking. 5. Change the attitude you have of yourself by writing out the description of the person you’d like to be. 6. Act the part of the successful person you have decided to become.”

Quotes on Life

Living your life boils down to your attitude towards the said life. The life you desire and what you are doing to achieve it makes it worth living. If you want change, if you want to achieve something, then the way to do it is to start. Begin with yourself and then work your way through.

Earl Nightingale’s philosophy, about achieving things in your life and turning your life for the better, depended upon what you do for yourself and how you do it. Beginning with your own self was always the main goal.

“Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.”

“We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.”

“Don’t wait for change. You change.”

“What’s going on in the inside shows on the outside.”

“Whenever we’re afraid, it’s because we don’t know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.”

“Control your thoughts. Decide about that which you will think and concentrate upon. You are in charge of your life to the degree you take charge of your thoughts.”

“Money is the harvest of our production and service. We in turn use it to obtain the production and service of others.”

“Mistakes are a natural part of growing up. They’re to be expected and made light of. But children bloom like spring flowers under praise. They want so much to be noticed and appreciated, to excel and have that excellence noticed.”

“A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.”

“The key that unlocks energy is ‘Desire’. It’s also the key to a long and interesting life. If we expect to create any drive, any real force within ourselves, we have to get excited.”

“We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.”

“Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now.”

“Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror or our attitudes and expectations.”