Quotes by Earl Nightingale

About Earl Nightingale:

Earl Nightingale was an American Radio personality, Writer, respected Speaker and Author, dealing mostly on the subjects of Human Character Development, Motivation, Excellence and Meaningful Existence; so named as the "Dean of Personal Development." He was the voice in the early 1950s of Sky King, the hero of a radio adventure series, and was a WGN radio show host from 1950 to 1956. Nightingale was the author of The Strangest Secret, which economist Terry Savage has called “…One of the great motivational books of all time“.
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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.

Earl Nightingale

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.

Earl Nightingale

Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.

Earl Nightingale

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

Earl Nightingale

Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.

Earl Nightingale

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.

Earl Nightingale

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. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wo...

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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.

Earl Nightingale

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute shou...

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

Earl Nightingale

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.

Earl Nightingale

Everything that's really worthwhile in life comes to us.

Earl Nightingale

Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.

Earl Nightingale

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

Earl Nightingale

People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be - whether they will admit that or not.

Earl Nightingale

The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!

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Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.

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You are, at this moment, standing, right in the middle of your own 'acres of diamonds.'

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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.

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Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.

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Author Bio

  • NameEarl Nightingale
  • DescriptionAmerican motivational speaker
  • BornMarch 12, 1921
  • DiedMarch 25, 1989
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionMotivational Speaker; Author