Throughout recorded history, words of wisdom from successful people (and others) have helped improve the lives—and finances—of those who were inspired and then took appropriate action. Here are a few of those quotes:
• “We change when the pain to change is less than the pain to remain as we are.” — Ed Foreman, entrepreneur and U.S. congressman
• “If you don’t know where you’re going, you might wind up someplace else.” —Yogi Berra, baseball player
• “No man can get rich unless he enriches others.” —Joe Karbo, direct marketer
• “All things are possible until they are proved impossible—and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.’ —Pearl S. Buck, novelist
• “It is hard to fail, but it is worse to have not tried to succeed.” —Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President
• “The only people who never fail are those who never try.” —Ilka Chase, actress
• “...the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President
• “The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his chance of knowing what to do.” —Benjamin Disraeli, English statesman
• “You lose it if you talk about it.” —Ernest Hemingway, novelist
• “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy idea.” —Earl Nightingale, speaker
• “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. —Chinese proverb
• “You can’t expect to hit the jackpot if you don’t put a few nickels in the machine.” —Flip Wilson, comedian
