Great Throughts Treasury

"You can succeed at almost anything for which you have unbridled enthusiasm."

"You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure."

"You cannot make it as a wandering generality. You must become a meaningful specific."

"You can't climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure."

"You cannot refine fed by humans and coddling and facilitate the conditions to him always."

"You cannot change the past, but your future is spotless."

"You cannot consistently perform in a manner which is inconsistent with the way you see yourself."

"You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success."

"You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself."

"You cannot tailor make the situations in life, but you can tailor make the attitudes to fit those situations before they arise."

"You can't hit a target you cannot see, and you cannot see a target you do not have."

"You don?t drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there."

"You don?t ?pay the price? you enjoy the price. You don?t pay a price, you enjoy a price."

"You don?t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."

"You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself."

"You don't pay the price for success. You enjoy the price for success."

"You have to ''be'' before you can ''do,'' and do before you can ''have.''"

"You don't build a business --you build people-- and then people build the business."

"You don't drown by falling in water; you only drown if you stay there."

"You have made some mistakes, and you may not be where you want to be, but that has nothing to do with your future."

"You have to be before you can do, and do before you can have."

"You have to be careful not to become a "wandering generality"; you must strive to become a "meaningful specific.""

"You may have made some mistakes, and you may not be where you want to be, but that's got nothing to do with your future."

"You hit what you aim at, and if you aim at nothing you will hit it every time."

"You might not be what you say you are, but what you say, you are."

"You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life."

"You remember and believe almost anything if I heard a sufficient number of times"

"You need a plan to build a house. To build a life, it is even more important to have a plan or goal."

"You were designed for accomplishment for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness."

"You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness."

"You will either look back in life and say, I wish I had, or, I'm glad I did."

"You might occasionally feel that some people are standing in the way and slowing your progress, but in reality the biggest person standing in your way is you. Others can stop you temporarily ? you are the only one who can do it permanently."

"You must manage yourself before you can lead someone else."

"You want to do anything well you move this thing to the consciousness of the unconscious."

"you were born to win, but in order to be the winner you were born to be, you have to plan to win and prepare to win before you can expect to win."

"You treat people exactly like you see them. You treat people and situations exactly as you see them. We treat people as we seem them."

"You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win."

"You were born to win. But to be the winner you were born to be, you gotta plan to win, and prepare to win. Then, and only then, can you legitimately expect to win."

"You will make a lousy anybody else, but you are the best ?you? in existence. You will make a lousy anybody else, but you will be the best "you" in existence."

"You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want."

"Your attitude determines your altitude."

"You?ve got to be before you can do and do before you can have."

"Your attitude not your aptitude will determine your altitude."

"Your business is never really good or bad "out there" your business is either good or bad right between your own two ears."

"You will make a lousy anybody else, but you are the best you in existence. You are the only one who can use your ability. It is an awesome responsibility."

"Your ?natural resources?, unlike the natural resources on planet Earth, will be wasted and ?used up? only if they are never used at all."

"Your attitude is more important than your aptitude."

"Your children more attention pay, to what you do than to what you say."

"Your faith is very important. I have done the math, and you are going to be dead a whole lot longer that you will be alive."

"Your success and your happiness start with you."