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.

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.

It’s then that you’ll do things that you never dreamed you could do. You’ll discover powers you never knew existed.

If you’re prepared, you’re able to feel confident.

There can be no great courage when there is no confidence or assurance. Half the battle is in the conviction that you can accomplish what you undertake.

Confidence doesn’t come out of nowhere. It’s the result of constant work and dedication.

You’ll find not luck but preparation, planning and success-producing thinking.

Opportunity is around you all the time, but you have to be ready for it.

When your chance comes, you must have the equipment to take advantage of it.

When you’re prepared for opportunity, your chance for success is sure to come.

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

The tide of opportunity comes to everyone. Even to you.

You’ll find that the number of times you succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times you fail and keep trying.

You won’t be judged by the number of times you fail, but by the number of times you succeed.

Failure is nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.

You can’t be a winner and be afraid to lose.

While you are trying, you are winning. Never get discouraged.

Every wrong attempt is another step forward. People that make no mistakes usually don’t make anything.

Make up your mind not merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand defeats.

Your mistakes are stepping stones to success and your installment payments to victory.

You can’t be a winner and be afraid to lose.

Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done. All you need is a good plan, and the courage to press on to your destination.

A well built house is started with a definite purpose and a set of blueprints. Your plan should provide the pattern for the actions you’ll take. Take time each day to study, think and plan.

Plan your steps, then implement your plan, then review your results. Do this frequently and make the appropriate alterations to your plan, and you’ll develop the power that will bring you to success.

No one was ever lost on a straight road.

What you need is to use what you have.

The golden opportunity you’re seeking is in yourself. It’s not in your environment. It’s not in luck or chance or in the help of others.

It’s in you.

There will always be a new opportunity where there is an open mind and a willing hand.

You must make your own opportunities.