The Big Book of Aphorisms and Quotes: 2,000 Author Quotes that will change your life

INDEX

Introduction

Success

Motivation

Realization

Love

Size

Health

Go

Victory

Happiness

Dreams

Leadership

Winning

Habits

Knowledge

Discipline

Perseverance

Character

Opportunities

Willpower

Determination

Survival

INTRODUCTION

How many times on the roads of life did we wish we had been given a hint or inspiration about what to do, where to go and with whom? The answer was already there within us but we could not hear it. The present book is intended to become an aid, for the reader, to find an inspiration daily or in times of need, which can give that necessary and, above all inspired push to find Motivation, Courage, Determination within oneself, and to have wise counsel on numerous areas of life.

The value of this work is precisely the collection by subject of Phrases, Aphorisms and Inspirations from the greatest figures in ancient and, especially recent history. Numerous are the Inspirational Phrases and Aphorisms from writers, philosophers, poets and thinkers, motivators and managers who have made history and continue to do so, leaving an indelible mark behind them.

By publishing this valuable collection, it is my hope to give relief, confidence and motivation to the reader who desires a boost of inspiration, which as always, must be coupled with a fair dose of action in life.

So my wish is:

Enjoy reading, Inspiration and...Action!

David De Angelis

SUCCESS

Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.

- Dr. Stephen Covey

Don't argue for others' weaknesses. Do not argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it -- immediately.

- Dr. Stephen Covey

Every human being has four characteristics: self-awareness, consciousness, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the greatest human freedom ... The power to choose, to respond, to change.

- Dr. Stephen Covey

Happiness can be defined, at least in part, as the fruit of desire and the ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.

- Dr. Stephen Covey

If you are proactive, there is no need to wait for circumstances or other people to create expanding prospect experiences. You can consciously create your own.

- Dr. Stephen Covey

Live from your imagination, not from your history.

- Dr. Stephen Covey

Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really? ... True effectiveness requires balance.

- Dr. Stephen Covey

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are, consistent often unconscious patterns, constantly, every day, by which we express ourselves.

- Dr. Stephen Covey

Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it, put an asterisk, circle it and underline it. No involvement, no commitment.

- Dr. Stephen Covey

Management works in the system. Leadership works on the system.

- Dr. Stephen Covey

Effective people are not problem-oriented; they have opportunistic mindsets. They nurture opportunities and let problems starve.

- Dr. Stephen Covey

One of the best ways to educate our hearts is to look at our interaction with other people, because our relationships with others are basically a reflection of our relationship with ourselves.

- Dr. Stephen Covey

Start with the end in mind.

- Dr. Stephen Covey

Paradigms are powerful because they create the lens through which we see the world.

- Dr. Stephen Covey

Each of us tends to think that we see things as they are, that we are the target. but this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are-or as we are conditioned to see it.

- Dr. Stephen Covey

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, even if difficult, is the high road to pride, self-esteem and personal satisfaction.

- Brian Tracy

I have found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.

- Brian Tracy

All successful men and women are great dreamers. They imagine what their future can be, ideal in every way, and then work every day toward their vision from afar, of that goal or purpose.

- Brian Tracy

If you want to accomplish worthwhile things in your personal and professional life, you must become a useful person in your own self-development.

- Brian Tracy

Just like the car that runs smoother and requires less energy to go faster and further when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you will function better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals and values are in balance.

- Brian Tracy

Look for the good in every person and in every situation. You will almost always find it.

- Brian Tracy

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that each step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

- Brian Tracy

Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or give excuses.

- Brian Tracy

Every minute spent in planning saves 10 minutes of execution; this gives a 1,000 percent return on energy!

- Brian Tracy

Develop to be successful; small differences in performance can lead to big differences in results.

- Brian Tracy

Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.

- Brian Tracy

Everything you do is triggered by a feeling of a desire or fear.

- Brian Tracy

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'

- Brian Tracy

The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers.

- Brian Tracy

If you envy successful people, it will create a negative force field that will forever repel you from doing the things you need to do to be successful. If you admire successful people, you will create a positive force field that will draw them toward you to make you more and more like the kind of people you want to be.

- Brian Tracy

Imagine limits; decide what is right and desirable before deciding what is possible.

- Brian Tracy

You don't live long enough to learn everything you need to learn from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things we need to learn to accomplish our goals.

- Brian Tracy

Your greatest opportunities probably lie beneath your feet, in your current job, industry, education, experience or interest.

- Brian Tracy

The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you want it badly enough, there are no limits on what you can achieve.

- Brian Tracy

The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you look for opportunities, the more likely it is that you will be able to get the security you want.

- Brian Tracy

A clear vision, backed by clear plans, gives you a feeling of tremendous confidence and personal power.

- Brian Tracy

Always choose the future over the past. What do we do now?

- Brian Tracy

Optimism is the quality most associated with success and happiness than any other.

- Brian Tracy

Today the greatest single source of wealth is between your ears.

- Brian Tracy

The way you name others is a measure of how much you like and respect yourself.

- Brian Tracy

The ability to discipline yourself to delay short-term gratification in order to enjoy greater long-term rewards is a prerequisite for success.

- Brian Tracy

It doesn't matter where you come from. All that matters is where you are going.

- Brian Tracy

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, though difficult, is the high road to pride, self-esteem and personal satisfaction.

- Brian Tracy

Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality.

- Brian Tracy

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in this, you will be able to control the changes rather than allow them to master over you.

- Brian Tracy

The more credit you give away, the more it comes back. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.

- Brian Tracy

Success equals goals; everything else is commentary.

- Brian Tracy

Your decision to be, have and do something out of the ordinary also involves difficulties that are out of the ordinary. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to handle them more than anyone else.

- Brian Tracy

Communication is a skill that can be learned. It is like riding a bicycle or writing. If you are willing to work on it, you can quickly improve the quality of every part of your life.

- Brian Tracy

Failure is not a single catastrophic event. It does not happen overnight. Instead, failure is a couple of errors in judgment, repeated every day.

- Jim Rohn

Learn to help people with more than just their work: help them with their lives.

- Jim Rohn

Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you will have a motivated idiot.

- Jim Rohn

Success is 20% skill and 80% strategy. You might be able to read, but more importantly, what is your plan for reading?

- Jim Rohn

Success is not so much what we have but what we are.

- Jim Rohn

Success is not to be pursued; it must be attracted to the person one becomes.

- Jim Rohn

The best motivation is self-motivation. The kid says, 'I wish someone would come to me and motivate me.' - What if they don't show up? You have to have a better plan for your life.

- Jim Rohn

Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the sea with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so that the children do not laugh at you.

- Jim Rohn

Either you live the day or the day lives you.

- Jim Rohn

Formal education will give you a living; self-education will give you a fortune.

- Jim Rohn

You have to constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I ? What are they doing for me? What did they get me reading? What have they got me to say? Where will they make me go? What have they made me think? and more importantly, what will they make me become? Ask yourself this big question: Is this okay? Your life doesn't get better by accident, it gets better by change.

- Jim Rohn

The attitude is acceptance of natural laws, or your rejection of natural laws.

- Jim Rohn

If you don't like the way things are, change! You are not a tree.

- Jim Rohn

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

- Jim Rohn

The difficulties you encounter will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will arise, and brightness with increasing clarity will illuminate your path.

- Jim Rohn

The important value in life is not what you get. The main value in life is what you become.

- Jim Rohn

To solve any problem, there are three questions to ask yourself: first, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, what could I ask?

- Jim Rohn

You have to take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. This is something that is your responsibility.

- Jim Rohn

Now is the only time there is. Make your hour gold, your minutes miracles, and make your days worthwhile. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.

- Mark Victor Hansen

End the day by looking privately directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you!' Do this for 30 days and see what a difference it makes.

- Mark Victor Hansen

Your faith determines your action and your action determines the results, but first you must believe.

- Mark Victor Hansen

The more goals you set-the more goals you will achieve.

- Mark Victor Hansen

Predetermine the goals you wish to achieve. Think big, act big, and do everything to achieve those big results.

- Mark Victor Hansen

With vision, every person, organization and country can prosper. The Bible says, 'without vision we are lost.'

- Mark Victor Hansen

Great goals lead to great results. Having no goals gets no results or someone else's results. Every disadvantage is just an opportunity that is hiding.

- Mark Victor Hansen

The power of the focused mind is one of the most powerful forces on earth.

- Mark Victor Hansen

Predetermine the goals you want to achieve. Think big, act big, and do everything to achieve great results.

- Mark Victor Hansen

Set many goals and keep adding to them. Goals have a tendency to be accomplished all at once.

- Mark Victor Hansen

Most people fail because they lack the persistence to create new plans to take the place of failed plans.

- Mark Victor Hansen

Thoughts and ideas are the source of all wealth, success, material gain, all fantastic discoveries, inventions and achievements.

- Mark Victor Hansen

You don't achieve tremendous success without encountering some really interesting problems.

- Mark Victor Hansen

Goals are new goals, always in motion. They magnetize you toward them. It's time to stop circling the pool and jump into the deep end, head down. It's time to think big, you want more and you will achieve it all!

- Mark Victor Hansen

Be more interested in your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are, while your reputation is simply what others think you are.

- Dale Carnegie

Do the hard work first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

- Dale Carnegie

Do not be afraid to give your best to what are apparently small jobs. Each time you complete one will make you much stronger. If you do small jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

- Dale Carnegie

People are rarely successful unless they enjoy what they are doing.

- Dale Carnegie

Today is the time of your life, the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Take an interest in something. Shake yourself up and wake up. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm flow through you. Live today with gusto.

- Dale Carnegie

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

- Dale Carnegie

Do the thing you are afraid to do and keep doing it ... this is the safest and fastest way discovered to overcome fear.

- Dale Carnegie

If you believe in what you are doing, then nothing will stop you in your work. Much of the best work in the world has been done against a seeming impossibility. The important thing is that the work is done.

- Dale Carnegie

It is not what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what is being done that makes you happy or unhappy. It's what you think.

- Dale Carnegie

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who kept trying when there seemed to be no hope.

- Dale Carnegie

Remember happiness does not depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

- Dale Carnegie

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

- Dale Carnegie

"Take advantage of the possibilities! All of life is a possibility. The man who goes the farthest is generally one who is willing to do and