20 quotes
Mind control is the result of self-discipline and habit. You either control your mind or it controls you.
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
You have absolute control over but one thing, and that is your thoughts.
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
You may see at one and the same time both your best friend and your greatest enemy, by stepping in front of a mirror.
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
Quick riches are more dangerous than poverty.
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
Truly, thoughts are things, and their scope of operation is the world, itself. p. 87
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
The most damaging forms of intemperance are connected with eating, strong drink, and sexual activities. Overindulgence in any of these is fatal to success. p.88
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
Inability to cooperate with others. More people lose their positions and their big opportunities in life, because of this fault, than for all other reasons combined.
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice, therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects. p. 55
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
Sons and daughters of wealthy men, and others who inherit money which they did not earn... Power in the hands of one who did not acquire it gradually, is often fatal to success.
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
Procrastination is one of the most common causes of failure.... Procrastination stands within the shadow of every human being, waiting his opportunity to spoil one's chances of success.
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
Success comes through the application of power, and power is attained through the cooperative efforts of other people. A negative personality will not induce cooperation. p. 87
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. p. 127
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea! p.18
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
Sex energy is the most powerful of all the stimuli which move people into action. Because it is the most powerful of the emotions, it must be controlled, through transmutation, and converted into other channels.
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought. p. 54
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty. p. 38
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
Most people are too indifferent or lazy to acquire facts with which to think accurately. They prefer to act on "opinions" created by guesswork or snap-judgments. p.88
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
Moreover--and this statement is of stupendous importance--this earth, every one of the billions of individual cells of your body, and every atom of matter, began as an intangible form of energy. p. 64
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
There is no substitute for honesty... there is NO HOPE for the person who is dishonest... p.88
Think and Grow Rich (1938)
He has conquered the air so completely, that the birds are a poor match for him in flying. He has harnessed the ether, and made it serve as a means of instantaneous communication with any part of the world.
Think and Grow Rich (1938)