“Tournament. For months, every team in the country has a goal of making it to the tournament. Then, at the end of the season, 64 teams are selected from various parts of the country. As the tournament progresses, teams are eliminated one-by-one until, at the end of the season, the team remaining is named the national champion. Among all of the participants who began at the beginning of the season, and among all the top 64 who actually made the tournament, only one team comes out on top. If this is our only goal, the majority of us are doomed”
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“Remember that a wish held fervently turns into belief, and a belief held diligently becomes reality.”
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“things in this life can be separated into two categories: Things that are valuable and things that matter.”
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“reserved. This book is protected by the copyright laws of the United States of America. This book”
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“applying the message. A tremendous place to start is with any of Jim Stovall’s twenty books. Then apply the wisdom that Stovall shares as you read his books or articles. Should you have any question as to the author’s qualifications to impart wisdom, perhaps a little of his background will shed some light on the matter. Proverbs 27:19 tell us, “we become like those with whom we associate: a mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.” Jim Stovall chose wisely, being mentored by Lee Braxton an associate of Napoleon Hill. It was Lee Braxton”
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“believed that God is always a good God. Facing difficulties, he lost his job. His home was about to be taken and all seemed hopeless. Braxton prayed”
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“Somehow love from the past can be felt in the present and accompany us on our journey into the future.”
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“gain or profit. The use of short quotations or occasional page copying for personal or group study is permitted and encouraged. Permission will”
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“experience, and most of those experiences are painful and costly. If you can learn from someone else’s pain and expense, you are a wise person, indeed. I would encourage you to read this book, cover-to-cover, but also keep it as a reference text using the sections and individual columns as a resource you can revisit as your life journey calls for specific wisdom. It is my hope that this is not a one-time encounter that you and I are having. My hope is, in the coming months and years as you travel toward your own personal”
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“When we can learn from our own problems, we begin to deal with life. When we can learn from other people’s problems, we begin to master life.”
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“Every day is a gift because it can either be the first day of the rest of our life or be our last day here on earth.”
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“It is impossible to experience fear, hate, or defeat when we are laughing.”
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“the desire and hunger for education is the key to real learning.”
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Jim Stovall
“Struggles often serve to release the wisdom, patience, and strength we all possess but too seldom demonstrate.”
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