22 quotes
American psychologist and columnist (1927–2013)
“A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.”
"Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success."
on Success
"The best proof of love is trust."
on Love
"When you come right down to it the secret of having it all is loving it all."
"Those who are the most happy appear to know it the least happiness is something that for the most part seems to mainly consist in not knowing it."
on Happiness
"There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it."
on Productivity
"My husband and I have never considered divorce... murder sometimes, but never divorce."
on Relationships
"Real intimacy is only possible to the degree that we can be honest about what we are doing and feeling."
"Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash."
"Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all."
"Feeling gratitude isn't born in us - it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children."
on Wisdom
"I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped."
on Work
"I don't believe in luck. We make our own good fortune."
"The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top."
"Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level."
"Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the crudest words."
"The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy inevitable part of the process of getting to the top."
"Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after."
"Those who have easy cheerful attitudes tend to be happier than those with less pleasant temperaments regardless of money "making it " or success."
"I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst take the risk."
on Life
"Success is state of mind.If you want success start thinking of yourself as a success"
