Last Updated February 2025
Check out my list of verified quotations by Earl Nightingale here.
Earl Nightingale is one of my favorite motivational gurus of all time.
Both his ever-popular work, “The Strangest Secret” and “Lead The Field” have changed my life and many others around the world.
Many of you may argue that Earl Nightingale’s work is not ground-breaking or anything special.
Yes, I do agree with, but then his simple message is powerful enough to make one shift their way of thinking.
Indeed it is all common sense advice, but the thing is many of us still don’t figure it out on our own.
If you don’t agree with me, then take your time to listen to Earl Nightingale The Strangest Secret recording here:
Quotations By Earl Nightingale
Now I want you to read the powerful words of wisdom from some of these great quotes by Earl Nightingale :
“…If the other guy’s pasture appears to be greener than ours, it’s quite possible that it’s getting better care.” – Earl Nightingale
(How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds by Robert C. Worstell & Earl Nightingale, Midwest journal Press, 2017) source
“A person’s discontent can be said to be measured by the distance between what he has and what he wants.” – Earl Nightingale
(Lead the Field: An Official Nightingale Conant Publication By Earl Nightingale, Sound Wisdom, 2018) source
(This quote is also found here.)
“A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.” – Earl Nightingale
(Lead The Field By Earl Nightingale) source
“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.” – Earl Nightingale
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“We become what we think about.” – Earl Nightingale
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“One thing a goal must do, … is fill us with positive emotion when we think about it; it must be something we want very much to bring about. The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.” – Earl Nightingale
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“Plant your goal in your mind. It’s the most important decision you’ll ever make in your entire life.” – Earl Nightingale
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“Life plays no favorites. Anyone can succeed – and millions do. So can you.” – Earl Nightingale
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“If you want to spur your mind to new action, think combination, adaptation, substitution, and rearrangement.” – Earl Nightingale
(This quote is also found in: Creative People Win – How to Problem Solve By Mind by Robert C. Worstell & Earl Nightingale, Lulu Press, Inc, 2015)
“We are where we are because that is exactly where we really want or feel where we deserve to be, whether we’ll admit that or not.” – Earl Nightingale
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“All you need is a plan – the road map – and the courage to press on to your destination, knowing in advance that there will be problems and setbacks, but knowing also that nothing on earth can stand in the way of a plan, backed by persistence and determination.” – Earl Nightingale
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(This quote is also found here.)
“Failures . . . believe that their lives are shaped by circumstances … by things that happen to them … by exterior forces.” – Earl Nightingale
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“Your problem is to bridge the gap that exists between where you now are and the goal you intend to reach.” – Earl Nightingale
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“Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.” – Earl Nightingale
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“People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.” – Earl Nightingale
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“One of the enriching blessings of growing older all the time is that it has a way of improving one’s sense of humor – or at least it should.” – Earl Nightingale
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“The mind, like the land, will return what you plant, but it doesn’t care what you plant.” – Earl Nightingale
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“…You can control your thoughts. You can decide upon what you wish to concentrate, upon what you think about from this point forward.” – Earl Nightingale
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“Great attitudes are not the result of success; success is the result of great attitudes.” – Earl Nightingale
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“We tend to live up to our expectations.” – Earl Nightingale
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“Everything you have – your work, your relationships with your family and others, your philosophy of life, your religion – has come to you as a result of your using your mind.” – Earl Nightingale
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“A leader is any person who realizes the importance of becoming a bigger and better person with the passing of every day, week, and month.” – Earl Nightingale
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“Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.” – Earl Nightingale
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“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. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep.” – Earl Nightingale
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“We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.” – Earl Nightingale
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“Our attitude is something we can control. We can establish our attitude each morning when we start our day…we do just that, whether or not we realize it.” – Earl Nightingale
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“…That each of us is, at this very moment, standing in the middle of our own acres of diamonds.” – Earl Nightingale
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“We must be the epitome – the embodiment – of success. We must radiate success before it will come to us. We must first become mentally, from an attitude standpoint, the people we wish to become.” – Earl Nightingale
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“Everything worthwhile that has been achieved by men and women is a dream come true, a goal reached.” – Earl Nightingale
(Lead The Field by Earl Nightingale, Nightingale-Conant, 1976, Ch.3, A Worthy Destination; p.22)
(This quote is also found here.)
“The greater your knowledge, the more power you can exercise over your life and your future.” – Earl Nightingale
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“Our attitude tells the world what we expect in return.” – Earl Nightingale
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“…The person who does not read is no better off than the person who cannot read, and that a person who does not continue to learn and grow as a person is no better off than one who cannot.” – Earl Nightingale
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“…The big thing is that you know what you want…” – Earl Nightingale
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“A good deal of frustration and unhappiness could be avoided if people would just do what they know they should do.” – Earl Nightingale
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“You will become what you think about.” – Earl Nightingale
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“Every one of us is the sum total of our own thoughts.” – Earl Nightingale
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“No man can get rich himself unless he enriches others.” – Earl Nightingale
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“Don’t concern yourself with the money. Be of service. Build…work…dream…create. Do this and you’ll find that there is no limit to the prosperity and abundance that will come to you.” – Earl Nightingale
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“Attitude is the reflection of the person inside.” – Earl Nightingale
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“There’s no growth of any kind without risk.” – Earl Nightingale
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Free Books By Earl Nightingale:
The Strangest Secret: How to Live the Life You Desire By Earl Nightingale
The Six-Word Secret to Success
Free Audio Recording By Earl Nightingale
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