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“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”
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“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.”
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“Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.”
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“Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.”
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“There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.”
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“First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.”
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“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.”
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“Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.”
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“The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.”
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“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.”
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“It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.”
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“No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person's enemies say about him.”
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“The starting point of all achievement is desire.”
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“Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.”
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“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.”
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“All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.”
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“When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.”
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“The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.”
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“Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.”
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“Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.”
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“Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.”
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“One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.”
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“There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.”
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“Money without brains is always dangerous.”
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“The battle is all over except the 'shouting' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.”
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“Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.”
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“The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.”
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“Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.”
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“The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.”
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“We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.”
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