“He recalled, too, his mistake in having stopped only three feet from gold. “But,” he said, “that experience was a blessing in disguise. It taught me to keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be, a lesson I needed to learn before I could succeed in anything.”
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“the work and achievements of hundreds of men of outstanding accomplishment, that there was the influence of a woman’s love behind nearly every one of them.”
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“Anything you do to and for another person, you do it to and for yourself”
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“There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.”
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“What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve”
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“Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.”
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“The turning point in the lives of those who succeed, usually comes at the moment of some crisis, through which they are introduced to their "other selves.”
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“Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis.”
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“A man’s best recommendation is that which he gives himself . . . by rendering superior service in the right mental attitude.”
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“He did not say, “I will work there for a few months, and if I get no encouragement, I will quit and get a job somewhere else.” He did say, “I will start anywhere. I will do anything Edison tells me to do, but before I am through, I will be his associate.” He did not say, “I will keep my eyes open for another opportunity, in case I fail to get what I want in the Edison organization.” He said, “There is but one thing in this world that I am determined to have, and that is a business association with Thomas A. Edison. I will burn all bridges behind me, and stake my entire future on my ability to get what I want.” He left himself no possible way of retreat. He had to win or perish!”
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“You cannot entirely control your subconscious mind, but you can voluntarily hand over to it any plan, desire, or purpose which you wish transformed into concrete form.”
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“Before you can achieve success in the higher and broader sense you must gain such thorough control over yourself that you will be a person of poise.”
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“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe it can achieve.”
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“For you to have success, you – the person that’s reading this right now – for you to have success, you have to be insane.”
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“He should have told us, too, that our brains become magnetised with the dominating thoughts we hold in our minds. By means with which no one is familiar, these ‘magnets’ attract to us the forces, the people, the circumstances of life which harmonise with the nature of our dominating thoughts.”
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