 Most of us will value the importance of reading a book, but at some point in my life, a simple quote has changed how I think and handle situations until I achieved success. I have read a lot of books in my life, but for most of those books, a short few stories jump out at me and stick with me, nudging me to pursue success with so much ruggedness. In today's video, I will be sharing with you some free but powerful quotes that can help you as a young person in your journey towards success. 1. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent Eleanor Roosevelt One day, after struggling for many months working so hard and still living broke, someone approached me and talked some sense into me. He was ruthless, but in his conversation, he reminded me that I keep playing myself down because I don't have money. I keep selling myself short because things aren't working at the moment. All the while, I had thought people were taking me for granted, but I was simply the one giving them the chance to take me for granted. I learned my lesson from what he said and made some changes that moved my life forward. The simple truth about life is people will treat you the way you treat yourself. This is one of the cornerstones of success. I have seen people who do not have a single useful talent but would sell their way into the hearts of anyone simply because they carried themselves well. And I have seen highly talented people who are dirt poor. Nobody can make you feel you're nothing unless you treat yourself like you're nothing. People will treat you the way you treat yourself. 2. The brave may not leave forever, but the cautious do not leave at all, Richard Branson. I always say that I do first before I think things through. This is what I believe. If you have an idea you want to work upon and are waiting for all the resources you need before you start, you're really not serious about it. If you were, you would jump out before you have everything you need because you know that all you need will come to you along the way. This belief has never failed me. It seems the universe always connives to bring to you all you need to make your ideas work when you choose to stop haggling about what you don't have and you act despite your fear. We only have this one life. We might as well live bravely, fighting for and achieving all the dreams that we can while still alive. There is no dream to accomplish in the grave. 3. Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up, Thomas Edison. Napoleon Hill told the story of a man who bought a drilling machine and started to drill the ground for gold. After trying for so many days and not finding gold, he gave up, sold his machine to a poor engineer and moved on. That engineer employed the service of a man and they detected that gold was just 3 feet away below the ground. They dug and found gold. That first man was 3 feet from gold and he never knew. Out of 10 people who set out to achieve success, arguably 6 will fall out because the road will be too tough and most will not be able to go on because of the failures, shame and embarrassment that occur on the path of success. If you cannot bear being alone, feeling and shame, you really cannot succeed. Most people who give up never knew how close they were to success. 4. Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you are right. Henry Ford. Your success or your failure is based on your thinking. Henry Ford had only a high school certificate but he built one of the best automobile companies in the world. In his days, he was known as the man who didn't believe in the impossible. Once he told us engineers to invent a type of engine different from the commonly used in automobiles in those days. His engineers protested it was impossible but he insisted to do it. A year later, the engineers were still complaining it is not doable. Henry Ford insisted they do it, they did it and so was born the V8 engine. I always view this rule of success this way. You see the most wretched man on the street? He is as wretched as he thinks he is. The daylight dawns on him that he is more than he's ever been through and that he could achieve more. That day, things start to change for him. Believe you can and you will. Believe you can't and you won't. 5. The mind is what it is fed. David J. Schwartz. Close to believing you can is knowing that you are a product of your mind. No man ever rises above his mindset. When I was constantly dependent on my parents, my mindset was that I didn't have anything to lose by depending so much on them but years later would prove otherwise. To change my life, I had to change that mind programming I had grown up with for so many years by reading books and listening to audios that retuned my mindset. Be careful what you feed your mind, especially watch the companies you keep. They go a long way to affect your mind. 6. Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts. Winston S. Churchill. In your journey to success, you will fail. I know this isn't your first time hearing this but sometimes we can be so afraid of failure we fail to step out because we are not certain about success. The majority of people who have remained failures have been people who were more afraid to fail than they chose not to try. Better to try and fail than fail to try. 7. I can't give you a surefire formula for success but I can give you a formula for failure. Try to please everyone all the time. Herbert Bayard Swab. I know firsthand the impact of this quote because after trying for so many years to be in people's good books I have realized the bulk of unsuccessful people are people who love to be in people's good books. This is what I have found. The people who will tend to hold you back from succeeding are often those who love you the most. In their minds, they are trying to protect you by making sure you don't take stupid risks. They will tell you not to stress yourself because you can always have things the easy way but listening to them and trying to be on their good side hasn't done anyone any good. Better to be the black sheep of the family for a while and create a life of success than to please them and remain on the floor for life. 8. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it. WC fails. I know we've been told to try and try again but we must also know when an idea is just so full of crap and we should pull the plug. It's not a failure when an idea isn't working and you pull the plug. It's wisdom. 9. Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. Winston S. Churchill One thing is unchangeable about success. Those who succeed have a great desire to do so. No desire, no success. And you can always tell that desire in the face and actions of these people. An enthusiastic behavior will always lead to approaching all you need to do to a succeeding with the same attitude. You've never seen a dejected man who does a good job. No, you must be enthusiastic about succeeding and be enthusiastic about what you're doing to succeed or it will miss you. If this video inspired you, share it with your friends. We love you.