Top 180 Earl Nightingale Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “It is in the expectations of happiness that much of happiness itself is found. And it takes courage to expect happiness.”

— Earl Nightingale

152. “When the days are too short, chances are you are living at your best.”

— Earl Nightingale

153. “Don’t catch the bad and infectious attitudes of others.”

— Earl Nightingale

154. “With courage you can stay with something long enough to succeed at it.”

— Earl Nightingale

155. “Everything that’s really worthwhile in life comes to us.”

— Earl Nightingale

156. “If a person is working toward a predetermined goal and knows where to go, then that person is successful. If a person does not know which direction they want to go in life, then that person is a failure.”

— Earl Nightingale

157. “We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.”

— Earl Nightingale

158. “We’ve got to be of service first before we can expect money.”

— Earl Nightingale

159. “If your opportunity comes and you are not prepared for it, it will only make you look foolish.”

— Earl Nightingale

160. “Am I motivated by what I really want out of life – or am I mass-motivated?”

— Earl Nightingale

161. “When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated... he has a chance to learn something.”

— Earl Nightingale

162. “A success is anyone who is doing deliberately a pre-determined job, because that’s what he decided to do deliberately. But only one out of twenty does that.”

— Earl Nightingale

163. “A single thought can revolutionize your life as it did mine. A single thought can make you rich or it can land you in prison for the rest of your life.”

— Earl Nightingale

164. “Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.”

— Earl Nightingale

165. “But most people live a life of quiet mediocrity and never achieve the success they truly desire because they get impatient. They want easy success or none at all. They see the path to success as a frustration, an impediment. Each day spent short of the ultimate goal is viewed as a time of failure and as an annoyance. As such, they get distracted by hundreds of little things that each day try to get us off our course. Yet the successful among us know the truth:.”

— Earl Nightingale

166. “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.”

— Earl Nightingale

167. “Live this new way and the flood gates of abundance will open and pour over you more riches than you may have dreamed existed. Money, yes, lots of it, but what’s more important you’ll have peace. You’ll be in that wonderful minority who lead calm, cheerful successful lives. Start today. You have nothing to lose. But you have a life to win.”

— Earl Nightingale

168. “People can and do change.”

— Earl Nightingale

169. “Every-time we use a product or service, someone is serving us.”

— Earl Nightingale

170. “Everything that’s really worthwhile in life came to us free; our mind, our soul, our body, our hopes, our dreams, our ambitions, our intelligence, our love of family and children and friends. All these priceless possessions are free, but the things that cost us money are actually very cheap and can be replaced at any time.”

— Earl Nightingale

171. “If honesty did not exist, it would have to be invented, as it is the surest way of getting rich.”

— Earl Nightingale

172. “It is not what happens to you in life that makes the difference. It is how you react to each circumstance you encounter that determines the result. Every human being in the same situation has the possibilities of choosing how he will react – either positively or negatively.”

— Earl Nightingale

173. “That’s the secret: be interesting. If you can’t be interesting, shut up. There’s nothing wrong with silence.”

— Earl Nightingale

174. “The best way to help a man increase his output is to help build the man. Help him increase his stature as a man, and he will just naturally do better-on the job and off.”

— Earl Nightingale

175. “Prosperity is founded upon a law of mutual exchange. Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper, in turn, himself. Sometimes the return will not come from those you serve, but it must come to you from someplace, for that is the law.”

— Earl Nightingale

176. “Now let’s say that the farmer has two seeds in his.”

— Earl Nightingale

177. “Your success will always be measured by the quality and quantity of service you render.”

— Earl Nightingale

178. “The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice... it is conformity.” And there you have the reason for so many failures. Conformity – people acting like everyone else, without knowing why or where they are going.”

— Earl Nightingale

179. “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.”

— Earl Nightingale

180. “We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we’ve established for ourselves.”

— Earl Nightingale

181. “It’s not your present circumstances that count; it’s the circumstances you make up your mind to achieve that are important.”

— Earl Nightingale

182. “In The Science of Getting Rich, W. D. Wattles wrote that we must always give more in service to our customers and to those around us than we are getting in return.”

— Earl Nightingale