Ralph Marston Quotes

What you do today can change all the tomorrow's of your life.

Making better choices takes work. There is a daily give and take, but it is worth the effort.

I try to get better each and every day, learn from my mistakes, make good decisions, and put the ball in the right location.

The greatest of all insights is that we cannot be tomorrow what we do not do today.

Successful people are simply those with successful habits.

Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

I've developed a self-discipline since the time I was a child.

Every day I am trying to improve my life.

There're so many things I want to do, like become more media savvy. I am too lazy. But I'm making an effort.

When you invest your time, you make a goal and a decision of something that you want to accomplish. Whether it's make good grades in school, be a good athlete, be a good person, go down and do some community service and help somebody who's in need, whatever it is you choose to do, you're investing your time in that.

Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.

In one of my recent books, 'The Success Principles,' I taught 64 lessons that help people achieve what they want out of life. From taking nothing less than 100 percent responsibility for your life to empowering others, these are the fundamentals to success - and to great leadership.

With every little bit of change we make in our lives, we can maximize that small change simply by asking ourselves: 'What's next? What can I do now? What additional responsibility can I take on?'

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

I think we need to care about the metrics of success in life, and I'm a pretty competitive person.

As long as your intentions are solid and about growth and progression and being productive and not being idle, then you're doing good in my book.

Goal setting is the most important aspect of all improvement and personal development plans. It is the key to all fulfillment and achievement.

I lived a sloppy life. So I took very small increments in my life. I started making my bed. I started cleaning my room. There were dishes in the sink. It started off with doing small house chores. I saw that the yard needed to be mowed. So instead of being told it needed to be mowed, I would mow it.

I will do anything I can to improve myself.

How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to?

Sometimes I'll put on a Zig Ziglar tape: he's a motivational speaker who is really funny and really American. I know I should do the things he says, but I'm too cynical.

Coaching works best with high potential people who are willing to make a concerted effort to change, not as a religious conversion activity.

I always had the energy to learn new things and achieve more.

There's a lot I need to improve on. YAC, which I'm last in. Being a better leader. Not getting frustrated when things aren't going my way.