Good Thought – 2012-05-17

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, Just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstances.

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the face of the world, and for independence and freedom. Secondly, we have what we may call the desire for reputation or prestige.

We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations, the important thing is not to achieve but to strive.

The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried deeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to its generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time and with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thought unceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all your faculties and powers become directed to that end.