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Those who approach their jobs and careers with enthusiasm always find plenty of opportunities, while those who complain about no one ever giving them a chance are merely observers of life. When you are determined that you will not allow others to determine your future for you, when you refuse to allow temporary setbacks to defeat you, you are destined for great success. The opportunities will always be there for you.
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If you learn to budget your time correctly, you will have time for all your needs.
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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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Nothing is more tragic - or more common - than mental inertia.
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No one is going to pay much attention to the person who has no confidence in himself.
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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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Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire brings a small amount of heat.
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The primary reason for failure is that people do not develop new plans to replace those plans that didn't work.
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There is nothing that belief plus a burning desire cannot make real.
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Faith and Fear make poor bedfellows. Where one is found, the other cannot exist.
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Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
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Set your target and keep trying until you reach it.
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Enthusiasm, if fueled by inspiration and perseverance, travels with passion and its destination is excellence.
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It is a fact that the majority of a man's griefs comes about through lack of self-control.
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Remember, the thoughts that you think and the statements you make regarding yourself determine your mental attitude. If you have a worthwhile objective, find the one reason why you can achieve it rather than hundreds of reasons why you can't.
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The development of self-confidence starts with the elimination of this demon called fear.
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Your real courage shows best in the hour of adversity.
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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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Thought is the most highly organized form of energy known to man.
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Discipline comes through self control. This means that you must control all negative qualities. Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself. Self-mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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The great leaders of business, industry and finance, and the great artists, poets, musicians and writers all became great because they developed the power of self-motivation.
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Attend well to your character, and your reputation will look out for itself.
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Concentration, itself, is nothing but a matter of control of the attention! Learn to fix your attention on a given subject, at will, for whatever length of time you choose, and you will have learned the secret passage-way to power and plenty! This is concentration!
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The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.