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The paradox is that exactly the reverse is true. Everything that’s really worthwhile in life came to us free; our minds, our souls, our bodies, our hopes, our dreams, our ambitions, our intelligence, our love of family and children and friends and country. All these priceless possessions are free.
Earl Nightingale
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All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord.
Earl Nightingale
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Do what experts since the dawn of recorded history have told you you must do: pay the price by becoming the person you want to become. It's not nearly as difficult as living unsuccessfully.
Earl Nightingale
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Successful people are not people without problems. They are people who have learned to solve their problems.
Earl Nightingale
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If the average person realized the power he wields over his life and destiny, he would live in a perpetual state of wonder and thanksgiving.
Earl Nightingale
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Problems are challenges to creative minds. Without problems, there would be little reason to think at all.
Earl Nightingale
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Whatever the majority of people is doing, under any given circumstances, if you do the exact opposite, you will probably never make another mistake as long as you live.
Earl Nightingale
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The picture you have of yourself, your self-esteem, will have a profound effect on the way you see the world and the way your world sees you.
Earl Nightingale
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If a person will spend one hour a day on the same subject for five years, that person will be an expert on that subject.
Earl Nightingale
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Now, success is not the result of making money; making money is the result of success - and success is in direct proportion to our service. Most people have this law backwards. They believe that you're successful if you earn a lot of money. The truth is that you can only earn money after you're successful.
Earl Nightingale
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It's never too late, for with a purpose, a worthy goal and a motivation to reach those upper layers on the pyramid, a person can travel further in a few years than he might otherwise travel in a lifetime.
Earl Nightingale
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Successful people are dreamers who have found a dream too exciting, too important, to remain in the realm of fantasy. Day by day, hour by hour, they toil in the service of their dream until they can see it with their eyes and touch it with their hands.
Earl Nightingale
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Don’t concern yourself with the money. Be of service ... build ... work ... dream ... create! Do this and you’ll find there is no limit
Earl Nightingale
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You are responsible for how your life turns out, and your attitude shapes that life for better or worse.
Earl Nightingale
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We must radiate success before it will come to us. We must first become mentally, from an attitude standpoint, the people we wish to become.
Earl Nightingale
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Time can't be managed. I merely manage activities. Each night, I write down on a sheet of paper a list of the things I have to accomplish the next day. And when I wake up ... I do them.
Earl Nightingale
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It is in the expectations of happiness that much of happiness itself is found. And it takes courage to expect happiness.
Earl Nightingale
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We are all creatures of habit. We can do most things without even thinking about them; our bodies take charge and do them for us.
Earl Nightingale
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Happiness comes to those who are moving toward something they want very much to happen. And it almost always involves making someone else happy.
Earl Nightingale
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Achievement requires more than a vision - it takes courage, resolve and tenacity. All you have got to do is plant that seed in your mind, care for it, work steadily toward your goal, and it will become a reality
Earl Nightingale
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People don't have great attitudes because of great success, they have great success largely because of great attitudes.
Earl Nightingale
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If you'll begin to develop and maintain an attitude that says yes to life and the world, you'll be astonished at the changes you'll see.
Earl Nightingale
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Visualization is the human being's vehicle to the future - good, bad, or indifferent. It's strictly in our control.
Earl Nightingale
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The best way to help a man increase his output is to help build the man. Help him increase his stature as a man, and he will just naturally do better-on the job and off.
Earl Nightingale
