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The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.
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The turning point in the life of those who succeed usually comes at the moment of some crisis.
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Faith is the "eternal elixir" which gives life, power and action to the impulse of thought! Faith is the starting point of all accumulation of riches! Faith is the basis of all "miracles" and all mysteries which cannot be analyzed by the rules of science! Faith is the only known antidote for failure!
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The average person would have quit at the first failure. That’s why there have been many average men and only one Edison.
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Anything in life worth working for, is worth praying for.
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Set your target and keep trying until you reach it.
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There is nothing that belief plus a burning desire cannot make real.
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FAITH is the only known antidote for FAILURE!
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Criticism will plant FEAR in the human heart, or resentment, but it will not build love or affection.
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Men take on the nature and the habits and the power of thought of those with whom they associate in a spirit of sympathy and harmony.
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Faith and Fear make poor bedfellows. Where one is found, the other cannot exist.
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The imagination is literally the workshop wherein are fashioned all plans created by man.
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It is a point that I repeat over and over again in teaching public speaking. It is not so much what you say as it is the tone and manner in which you say it that makes a lasting impression.
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One of the blessings of maturity is that it sometimes brings one greater courage to be truthful, regardless of what those who do not understand may think or say.
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It is one thing to want money-everyone wants more-but it is something entirely different to be worth more!
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When you do not know what to do or which way to turn, smile. This will relax your mind and let the sunshine of happiness into your soul.
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If you do a job another's way, he or she must take the responsibility. If you do it your way, you must take the responsibility.
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Until a man selects a DEFINITE PURPOSE IN LIFE, he dissipates his energies & spreads his thoughts over so many subjects & in so many different directions that they lead not to power, but to indecision & weakness.
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Work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.
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Every negative event contains within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
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You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are being most unfairly tested, you are being prepared for great achievement.
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The successful leader must be willing to assume responsibility for the mistakes and the shortcomings of his followers.
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You are engaged in an undertaking of major importance to you. To be sure of success, you must have plans which are faultless.
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You owe it to yourself not to permit your emotions to place your happiness in the keeping of another person.