Author Archives: Jim Montgomery

THE COURAGE TO BEGIN

THE COURAGE TO BEGIN

The courage to begin separates dreamers from achievers.

Your difficulty and the difficulty of everyone who ever desires to achieve anything worthwhile comes in the movement.

Don’t always be intending to live a new life but never find a time to begin living it.

Most people fail because they never get started. They don’t go they don’t overcome inertia, they don’t begin.

Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have.

As you proceed in this spirit, the way will open for you to do more. The worst you can do is not to try.

MAKE IT YOUR LIFE RULE TO DO YOUR BEST

MAKE IT YOUR LIFE RULE TO DO YOUR BEST

It will be your constant effort to be first class in everything you attempt that will help you conquer the heights of success. 

Always do more than you’re supposed to do and you can have, be or do anything you want. 

Do a little more than average and from that point on your progress multiplies itself out of all proportion to the effort you put in. 

You can do a little more each day than you think you can. There is always a best way of doing everything. 

Find it. 

To enjoy enduring success, you should travel a little in advance of the rest of the world. True success comes from being successful in little things. 

Let superiority be your trademark.

IT’S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME TO CHANGE

IT’S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME TO CHANGE 

The first step toward getting somewhere is to decide that you’re not going to stay where you are. 

You’re a product of your environment. So choose an environment that will best develop you toward your goals. 

Analyze your life in terms of your environment. Are the things around you helping you toward your success or are they holding you back? 

Your world today is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind. It’s something that you can change at any time. 

You don’t have to remain a captive of your environment. 

Don’t say “If I could change, I would change,” Say “I can change, and I will change.”

 

MOUNTAINS ARE CLIMBED ONE STEP AT A TIME

MOUNTAINS ARE CLIMBED ONE STEP AT A TIME

Everyone who got where they are had to begin where they were. Your opportunity for success is right in front of you.

To attain success or to reach your goal, don’t worry about having all the answers in advance. You just need to have a clear idea of your goal and move toward it.

Don’t procrastinate when faced with a difficult problem. Break your problems into parts and handle one part at a time.

Develop a tendency toward action. You can make something happen today. Break your big plan for success into small steps and take the first step right away.

Success starts with a first step.

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING

You can respond positively or negatively to any situation.

Your attitude is not determined by circumstances, but by how you respond to your circumstances.

Any challenge facing you is not as important as your attitude towards it, for that will determine your success or failure.

It’s how you react to events, not the events themselves, that determines your attitude.

YOU CAN RISE ABOVE REALITY

YOU CAN RISE ABOVE REALITY

Courage is the power to face your difficulties. It comes from the reserves of your mind that are more powerful then any of your outside circumstances.

When you recognize that you are bigger than your problems, you gain the courage necessary to overcome anything.

Your obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined. It gives you the ability to rise above reality.

You are more important than any of your problems.

THE GLASS IS ALWAYS HALF FULL

THE GLASS IS ALWAYS HALF FULL

There is a good side to every situation. View your problems as opportunities.

You cannot have the success without the failures. Any experience can be transformed into something of value. Everything depends on the way you look at things.

What are stumbling blocks and defeat before you can be stepping stones to victory if you remain determined.

In all of your adversities lies the seeds of equivalent advantages. In every defeat there is a lesson showing you how to win the next time.

When it’s dark enough you can see the stars.

SEE THE WORLD AS IT IS

SEE THE WORLD AS IT IS

The truth is what it is. It’s neither good nor bad. It’s simple reality. 

Tailor your concepts to fit reality, instead of trying to stuff reality into your concepts. No matter what you believe, it won’t change the facts. 

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advancement in the world. 

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. If fifty-million people say a foolish thing, it’s still a foolish thing. Successful people are realistic and aren’t trapped by false appearances. 

Stay realistic on the road to success.

YOU MUST ACT ON THOSE DREAMS

YOU MUST ACT ON THOSE DREAMS

You have to make your own opportunities. Your future is not a matter of chance. It’s a matter of your choice. It’s not something you wait for. It’s something you must actively pursue. 

Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Opportunity can come disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. 

Start today, right where you are. Distant fields will always appear greener. Yet, golden opportunities are all around you. 

You can live a great dream if you pursue it.

 

YOU CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING

YOU CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING

The only thing that stands between you and what you want from life, is simply the will to pursue it and the faith to believe that it is possible.

You can have anything on earth that you want, once you mentally accept the fact that you can have it.

If you want success, begin thinking of yourself as a success. The feeling of being successful has to come first.

If you have a deep inner conviction that you will always have all that you need, if you actually feel prosperous, it will be so.

Only your mind sets your limits.