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Desire is making people build ships and cities, has made men conquer nations... and it can defeat that nicotine.
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The mind becomes withered, stagnant, narrow and closed unless it searches for new ideas.
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It isn’t defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it, that whips you.
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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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You become what you think about.
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Wisdom consists in knowing what not to want as well as what to want.
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One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.
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It is a well known fact that a man learns best that which he endeavors to teach others.
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Charles Chaplin makes a million dollars a year out of a funny, shuffling walk and a pair of baggy trousers, because he does "something different." Take the hint and "individualize" yourself with some distinctive idea.
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Success is good at any age, but the sooner you find it, the longer you will enjoy it.
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Start going the extra mile and opportunity will follow you.
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All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination.
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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 know, it's not more knowledge, it's not more education, it's not more facts that we need. It's a better use of what we already have that we need to have. You have each and every one of you, within your potential power right now to do a wonderful job in your chosen field - if you would only embrace it and use it.
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Persons, especially salaried people who schedule their spare time, to provide for home study (or attend specialized short courses, seminars or training) seldom remain at the bottom very long. Their action opens the way for the upward climb, removes many obstacles from their path, and gains the friendly interest of those who have the power to put them in the way of opportunity.
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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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If the winds of fortune are temporarily blowing against you, remember that you can harness them and make them carry you toward your definite purpose, through the use of your imagination.
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Positive mental attitude is the right mental attitude in all circumstances. Success attracts more success while failure attracts more failure.
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Remember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure.
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Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand & work with whatever tools you may have.
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Buying cheap to save money is like stopping the clock to save time. Neither works.
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A closed mind stumbles over the blessings of life without recognizing them.
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IDEAS CAN BE TRANSMUTED INTO CASH THROUGH THE POWER OF DEFINITE PURPOSE, PLUS DEFINITE PLANS.
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Perhaps we shall learn, as we pass through this age, that the 'other self" is more powerful than the physical self we see when we look into a mirror.