Here I present you some quotes of one of America's leading authorities on human potential and personal effectiveness. The ones in italic are my favorite ones. Hope you enjoy them.

* It is not your past thoughts or your future thoughts what count; the only thing that makes a difference in your life is the way you think at this very moment.

* All improvement in your life begins with an improvement in your mental pictures.

* Successful people are those who continually think about pictures and images of the people they would like to be and the lives they would like to lead.

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

* A major stimulant to creative thinking is focused questions. There is something about a well-worded question that often penetrates to the heart of the matter and triggers new ideas and insights.

* If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals.

* People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.

* You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

* You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.

* The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.

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

* The starting point of great success in your life begins, in the simplest terms, when you discipline yourself to think and talk about only the things you want and refuse to think and talk about anything you don’t want.

* No matter what is going on around you, think about your goals.

* Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time.

* You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.

* The amount of your potential that you use is largely determined by your self-concept, by the way you think and feel about yourself.

* We will always tend to fulfill our own expectation of ourselves.

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

* All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.

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

* Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.

* Whatever is express is impressed. Whatever you say to yoursel, with emotion, generate thoughts, ideas and behaviours, consistent with those words

* Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always find it.

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

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

* Imagine no limitations; decide what's right and desirable before you decide what's possible.

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

* Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.

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