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“In life, there are no mistakes, only lessons.”
― Vic Johnson, Day by Day with James Allen

“Procrastination is simply a way of deceiving yourself into believing your actions will be easier in the future.”
― Vic Johnson, You Become What You Think About: How Your Mind Creates The World You Live In

“Reflect on why you’re here. What is your ultimate purpose in life? What do you want to be, do, and have? What do you want to accomplish? What do you want to experience? What possessions do you wish to acquire? What does success look like to you? Make a list of: 30 things you want to do; 30 things you want to have; and 30 things you want to be before you die.”
― Vic Johnson, Goal Setting: 13 Secrets of World Class Achievers

“Often the struggler has given up, When he might have captured the victor’s cup. And he learned too late when the night came down, How close he was to the golden crown. Success is failure turned inside out, The silver tint of the clouds of doubt. And you never can tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems afar. So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit, It's when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit. And that’s worth thinking about.”
― Vic Johnson, Day by Day With James Allen

“You can’t always control your circumstances, but you can choose to be happy. When you’re unhappy it’s not the result of circumstances but the result of thought, which is why feeling unhappy often coincides with feelings of helplessness. To be happy is associated with the knowledge that how you think and feel will always be your choice, which will put you in charge of your life.”
― Vic Johnson, You Become What You Think About: How Your Mind Creates The World You Live In

“Circumstances can be neither positive or negative; there are neutral. Only by your thinking do you attribute circumstances either positive or negative.”
― Vic Johnson

“There’s no magic about when you start. The magic is in getting started!”
― Vic Johnson, 52 Mondays: The One Year Path to Outrageous Success & Lifelong Happiness

“the more sense it made to me that if my thinking had gotten me in the mess I was in, then my thinking could also be my savior and lead me to a better life.”
― Vic Johnson, You Become What You Think About: How Your Mind Creates The World You Live In

“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them.”
― Vic Johnson, Day by Day With James Allen

“I've heard it said that we're born with only a few fears—like the fear of falling and the fear of loud noises. All other fears we learn along the way. Like the fear of failure, the fear of rejection—even a fear of success. I believe our greatest enemy in life is fear, because fear keeps us from doing many of those things we would like to do that would make our life more complete and more enjoyable.”
― Vic Johnson, Day by Day With James Allen

“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.”
― Vic Johnson, Day by Day With James Allen

“We cannot change anything in our life without first changing the originating cause. And everything in our life originates in our thoughts.”
― Vic Johnson, Day by Day With James Allen

“Are you thinking about what you’re thinking about?”
― Vic Johnson, Day by Day With James Allen

“We have to have a vision for our life, for what we want to become. Most importantly, we have to cher-ish it and hold on tightly to it when circumstances are telling us that we’ll never see our vision.”
― Vic Johnson, Day by Day With James Allen

“People are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound."—As A Man Thinketh”
― Vic Johnson, Day by Day With James Allen

“One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping-stone to something better…” ~Harland “The Colonel” Sanders”
― Vic Johnson, It's NEVER Too Late And You're NEVER Too Old: 50 People Who Found Success After 50

“Spend some quality time with your dreams. They are real to the extent that you value them. To the extent that you commit to them and work for them, they will come true.”
― Vic Johnson, Day by Day With James Allen

“My long-time favorite poem by an anonymous author is worth remembering today: When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all uphill. When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh. When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer with its twists and turns, As everyone of us sometimes learns. And many a fellow turns about, When he might have won had he stuck it out. Don't give up though the pace seems slow, You may succeed with another blow. Often the goal is nearer than It seems to a faint and faltering man. Often the struggler has given up, When he might have captured the victor’s cup. And he learned too late when the night came down, How close he was to the golden crown. Success is failure turned inside out, The silver tint of the clouds of doubt. And you never can tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems afar. So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit, It's when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit. And that’s worth thinking about.”
― Vic Johnson, Day by Day With James Allen

“A person cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances."—As A Man Thinketh”
― Vic Johnson, Day by Day With James Allen

“If you really know what you want out of life, it's amazing how opportunities will come to enable you to carry them out.”
― Vic Johnson, Day by Day With James Allen

“As Jim Rohn says: "if the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labor, entertainment over education, delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence. The choices are ours to make. But while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause.”
― Vic Johnson, Day by Day With James Allen

“The cause of the confusion prevailing in your mind that weakens your thoughts is the false belief that there is a power or powers outside you greater than the power within you.”
― Vic Johnson, Day by Day With James Allen

“Thoughts of lack and scarcity breed feelings of aggressiveness, selfishness, worry, and jealousy. Its effects are negative. Thoughts of abundance breed feelings of kindness, love, prosperity, and generosity. Its effects are positive. Which thoughts you choose to focus on is entirely up to you.”
― Vic Johnson, Goal Setting: 13 Secrets of World Class Achievers

“It’s pretty much the same for all circumstances in your life. Your outer abundance will reflect your inner abundance, and your outer lack will reflect your inner lack. If you want to change your circumstances, you must become the person in the circumstances you want to live in.”
― Vic Johnson, You Become What You Think About: How Your Mind Creates The World You Live In

“By the power of faith every enduring work is accomplished. Faith in the Supreme, faith in the overruling Law; faith in your work, and in your power to accomplish that work—here is the rock upon which you must build if you would achieve, if you would stand and not fall."—Path to Prosperity”
― Vic Johnson, Day by Day With James Allen

“Work each day on your thoughts rather than concentrating on your behavior. It is your thinking that creates the feelings that you have and ultimately your actions as well.”
― Vic Johnson, Day by Day With James Allen