ROBERT J. RINGER

Reality isn't the way you wish things to be, nor the way they appear to be, but the way they actually are.

If you are prepared, then you are able to feel confident.

People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true.

Start buying gold now, regardless of the price. By acting now, you will not have to react when it's too late. Too late will be when the majority of the public finally figures out what is happening to paper money and frantically tries to get aboard. Remember, if you're one of the ones holding paper in the end, you will have given away your products and services for nothing.

Theory is good for the intellect, but action is good for the soul. It's also good for your mental health, your physical health, and your pocketbook.

With a written agreement you have a prayer; with a verbal agreement you have nothing but air.

One of the biggest mistakes that most people make is clinging to the excuse that the time isn't quite right to take action. Well, let me tell you something: In my experience, conditions are never right at the right time. The timing is always wrong. So if you're waiting for everything to be perfect before taking action, you have a foolproof excuse for never taking action.

Not every bad break is negative in the long term; not every problem is a bona fide injustice; and not every injustice is major when juxtaposed against the millions of injustices that occur daily throughout the world.

I do firmly believe that universal forces are at work that pull us inexorably toward the deserving results of our actions.

Life-complication Theory: Given a choice between an easy solution and a complicated one, the loser will usually opt to travel the complicated path. Don't ignore a solution just because it's simple!

A lynch mob is [unlimited] Majority Rule stripped of its fancy trappings and its facade of respectability.

The results you produce in life are inversely proportional to the degree to which you are intimidated.

If you want to become good at something, do it as often as possible. If you want to become an expert at it, do it every day.

The greed and envy of the nonproducer is insatiable, so that eventually nothing short of 100% taxation will appease him.

The cost of procrastination is generally far greater than the cost of making mistakes.

The American Dream was not about government's taking huge sums of money (under the label of "taxation") from citizens by force. The American Dream was about individualism and the opportunity to achieve success without interference from others.

There's a basic human weakness inherent in all people which tempts them to bitterly want what they can't have and ungratefully not want what is readily available to them.

What unleashes action is an individual's willingness to make mistakes - even to look foolish or stupid.

If ever there was an area in which to do the exact opposite of that which government and the media urge you to do, that area is the purchasing of gold.

Don't become a slave to non-crucial matters.

A quality such as self-esteem is a result of practicing good human relations.

Everything changes for the better when you take ownership of your own problems.

When the ball is on the one-yard line, never risk a fumble. Carry it over yourself.

Assumption Theory: The only safe assumption in life is that the person who assures you that everything is all right is all wrong.

Success is a matter of understanding and religiously practicing specific, simple habits that always lead to success.