Earl Nightingale
Earl Nightingale
Earl Nightingalewas an American radio personality, writer, speaker, and author, dealing mostly on the subjects of human character development, motivation, excellence and meaningful existence; so named as the "Dean of Personal Development." He was the voice in the early 1950s of Sky King, the hero of a radio adventure series, and was a WGN radio show host from 1950 to 1956. Nightingale was the author of The Strangest Secret, which economist Terry Savage has called “…One of the great motivational...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntertainer
Date of Birth12 March 1921
CountryUnited States of America
Earl Nightingale quotes about
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind.
We tend to minimize the things we can do, the goals we can accomplish, and for some equally strange reason we think other people can accomplish things that we cannot. I want you to understand that that is not true. You have deep reservoirs of talent and ability within you that you can bring to the surface and achieve all that you desire
The amount of money we receive will always be in direct ratio to the demand for what we do; our ability to do it; and the difficulty in replacing us.
Security isn't what the wise person looks for - it's opportunity.
That's the secret: be interesting. If you can't be interesting, shut up. There's nothing wrong with silence.
Successful people are dreamers who have found a dream too exciting, too important, to remain in the realm of fantasy. Day by day, hour by hour, they toil in the service of their dream until they can see it with their eyes and touch it with their hands.
Success is not the result of making money; earning money is the result of success — and success is in direct proportion to our service.
How can I be of the greatest service doing that which I most enjoy doing?
Your rewards, all the years of your life, will be in precise proportion to your service. You are here to serve others, just as they serve you.
Ask yourself every morning, ‘how can I increase my service today?’
Whatever the majority of people is doing, under any given circumstances, if you do the exact opposite, you will probably never make another mistake as long as you live.
Every great accomplishment of mankind has been preceded by an extended period, often over many years, of concentrated effort.
Happiness comes to those who are moving toward something they want very much to happen. And it almost always involves making someone else happy.