“The two strategies used by almost all great achievers are:

1. An unyielding commitment to constant learning; and

2. Clearly written goals that have specific plans laid out to achieve them.”  

- From Living Your Best Year Ever by Darren Hardy

“Goals are no place to waffle. They are no place to be vague. Ambiguous goals produce ambiguous results. Incomplete goals produce incomplete futures. When we are specific, we harness the power of our dreams and set forces into action that empower us to achieve our goals. We then know exactly what it is we are shooting for — there is no question.” - From The Jim Rohn Guide to Goal Setting

“Goals. There’s no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There’s no telling what you can do when you believe in them. There’s no telling what will happen to you when you act upon them.”

- From 7 Strategies for Wealth and Happiness by Jim Rohn

“Goals are exciting because they provide focus and aim for our lives. Goals cause us to stretch and grow in ways we never have before. In order to reach our goals, we must become better. We must change and grow.”  

- From The Jim Rohn Guide to Goal Setting

“Your mind doesn’t care about the size of your goals. If you set little goals you’ll achieve little goals; if you set big goals you can achieve big goals. And for the most part it takes just as much time, energy, and life force to achieve big goals as it does little ones. Go BIG!“

- From Living Your Best Year Ever by Darren Hardy

“Ask yourself, ‘Why aren’t I at my goal already?’ If you want to double your income, why aren’t you earning twice as much already? If you want to spend more time with your family or friends, why aren’t you doing it already? Often, forcing yourself to develop the answers to these questions will enable you to see the critical constraint that is holding you back.” 

- From Focal Point by Brian Tracy

“David Kohl, professor emeritus at Virginia Tech University, has found that individuals who write down their goals will have nine times the success of those who don’t put their goals on paper. Yet Dr. Kohl’s research suggests that only 20 percent of our population has goals and less than 10 percent take the time to write their goals down.”  

- From Executive Toughness by Jason Selk

“There’s a vast difference between optimism and wishful thinking. One is a mind-set that expects progress through effort, and the other is nothing but a bulwark against the fear of failure. Someone who is optimistic expects the best while actively working to bring it about. Wishing externalizes responsibility and hopes that everything lines up according to plan, but doesn’t do anything to actively bring about the desired change. Someone who operates from a place of wishful thinking is—in essence—a closet pessimist.”

- From Die Empty by Todd Henry

“The universal principle is, ‘You become what you think about most of the time.’ Top people think about their goals most of the time. Especially, the most successful people think about and talk about solutions to the inevitable and unavoidable problems that they face every single day. What do unhappy, unsuccessful people think and talk about? They think and talk about their problems, and who is to blame. The rule is, ‘What you think about, you bring about.’ Whatever you dwell on grows in your reality. If you think and talk about your problems, they increase and multiply. But when you think and talk about solutions, you continuously discover more and better solutions.”

- From Master Your Time, Master Your Life by Brian Tracy

“The only time we suffer is when we believe a thought that argues with what is. When the mind is perfectly clear, what is is what we want.”

- From Loving What Is by Byron Katie

“Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.”

- Eckhart Tolle

“Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.”

- From The Enchiridion by Epictetus

“Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever done without enthusiasm.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Your programming leads to your thoughts; your thoughts lead to your feelings; your feelings lead to your actions; your actions lead to your results. Therefore, just as is done with a personal computer, by changing your programming, you take the first essential step to changing your results.” 

- From Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker

“You don’t just owe it to yourself to be an optimist; you owe it to everyone around you. A pessimist sucks the energy out of the room. Nobody wants to put up with somebody who’s bitter and cynical all of the time. Not your friends, not your teammates, not your boss, and certainly not your spouse.”

- From Relentless Optimism by Darrin Donnelly

“Positive thinking leads to positive outcomes. Study after study proves this. Researchers have found that optimistic people live longer, live healthier, have more energy, have more successful careers, make better decisions, are more productive, are less stressed, have healthier relationships, and (not surprisingly) are much happier than pessimists.”

- From Relentless Optimism by Darrin Donnelly

“You want to know what your life will look like a year from now? Listen to what you’re saying when you talk to yourself. Your self-talk determines your future.”

- From Relentless Optimism by Darrin Donnelly

“There is no value in worrying, being anxious, or wasting energy thinking about all the things we cannot influence. It does not serve you. We can’t control whether someone else is wealthier, prettier, or happier than we are. But we can control how we act and, crucially, how we choose to spend our days. The good news is that you have a lot more control over your life—and happiness—than you might think.”

- From The Perfect Day Formula by Craig Ballantyne

“Optimism enables you to confront and overcome all obstacles and challenges. It gives you the power to persist. To meet any challenge, you must first believe that you can. Every challenge successfully met begins with a vision, and that vision is driven by optimism. You get what you expect.”

- From The Only Sales Guide You’ll Ever Need by Anthony Iannarino

“How would the superhero version of you act? Visualize that super version of you. See yourself wearing that cape and performing at a level 10 in all areas of your life. Like any goal you are striving to achieve, you need to have a clear picture of what a level 10 looks like.”

- From Tom Ferry: Mindset, Model, and Marketing