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Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
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Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.
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Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don't feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace.
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The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.
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Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
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Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well.
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The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.
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There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.
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To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?
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Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
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For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
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If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.
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Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you.
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Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.
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Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals.
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We get paid for bringing value to the market place.
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Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.
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The book you don't read won't help.
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Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.
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Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.