If you have courage, you can win. You don’t have to be the fastest, the smartest.  You have to have tenacity.
— William Gilmore, Jr.

My national surveys of millionaires have taught me that if you believe you can succeed, the probabilities are greatly enhanced that you will reach or even exceed your goals.  The millionaires often indicated that “believing in myself” is a proactive tactic or thought process that works when they employ it.  They utilize this process when fear [...]

Think about it:  Your life, behind closed doors, can totally suck.  It can be a major train wreck, yet you will get up in the morning and instead of working on your mind and your heart for even five minutes, you will obsess around for two hours, focusing totally on your appearance instead of your [...]

I want you to realize that whether all of this takes a week, a month, or a year, that precious and limited time is going to pass whether you are doing something about your life or not.  I promise you that at this precise moment next year, your life will be better or worse than [...]

Learning is, after all, not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we’ve changed because of it and what we take away from it that we never had before to apply to other games.  Losing, in a curious way, is winning.
— Richard Bach

Do you ever get the sense that you don’t have time to deal with the secondary things, because you have to deal with so many consistently demanding fires and crises? Well, guess where most of those fires and crises come from? Correct — from secondary things that were ignored because of all the fires and [...]

While economic realities may at times be harsh, it is also the nature of the human mind to make real the thoughts and beliefs that we hold (a fact that should encourage great care in how we think about ourselves).  If you see yourself as a victim, you may well be too busy feeling sorry [...]

Respect the life energy you are putting into your job.  Money is simply something you trade your life energy for.  Trade it with purpose and integrity for increased earnings.  Ask yourself:  Am I making a living or making a dying?
— Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin, Your Money or Your Life

Attitude, the way you respond to life and all its circumstances, is more important than anything.  It is more important than the past, than struggle or success, than education or experience.  It is more important than how much money you have, how much you owe, what you would like to do, or where you would [...]

You cannot tailor-make your situation in life, but you can tailor-make your attitudes to fit those situations.
— Zig Ziglar

Those who create wealth choose their good habits.  Certain forms of discipline — typically small actions and incremental adjustments — become a part of their lives.  Self-made successes keep their eyes on the prize and “automate” decisions as often as possible.
— Susan Feitelberg, The Net Worth Workout

If you show money the respect it deserves today, and carry it through in all your actions, then one day, when you can no longer take care of it, your money will take care of you.  Respecting your relationship with money, you see, is the key not only to your security and independence, but to [...]

We make our plans, and then our plans turn around and make us.
— F.W. Boreham

If shame, fear, or anger is at the wheel, then I can promise you, you are not on a course toward richness.  By having the courage to face and overcome your inner obstacles, however, you will change the outer trappings of your financial life forever.
— Suze Orman, The Courage to Be Rich

Here’s my problem with taking on debt: I have a profound respect for the unknown. For instance, my husband and I work for ourselves. This is an excellent way to avoid ruthless bosses and layoffs. But if one of us were to get injured or become ill, it would be pretty hard to keep business [...]