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Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.
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I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.
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Many people who want to be great aren't willing to do the work to make it possible!
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If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
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I once dieted so religiously I quit eating in church.
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Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.
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It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
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People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.
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Success must never be measured by how much money you have.
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We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.
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New information makes new and fresh ideas possible.
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When I became proficient as a salesman I was invited to teach new hires.
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Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.
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Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome.
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Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
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To be candid, some people have given positive thinking a bad name. I can't stand to hear some gung-ho individual say that with positive thinking you can just do 'anything.' If you think about that one for a moment, you recognize the absurdity of it.
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Only men of character are trusted.
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It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
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Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.
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Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.
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I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don't hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.
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A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.
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I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
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Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.