“We rise to high positions or remain at the bottom because of conditions we can control if we desire to control them.”
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“time to nurse an idea is at the time of its birth.
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“As Carlyle put it—“All that mankind has done, thought, gained or been—it is lying in matchless preservation in the pages of books.”
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“Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
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“Instead of complaining about what you don’t like about your job, start commending what you do like and see how quickly it improves.”
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“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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“Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis.”
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“Faith is the “eternal elixir” which gives life, power, and action to the impulse of thought!”
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“Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.”
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“Every great railroad, and every outstanding financial institution and every mammoth business enterprise, and every great invention, began in the imagination of some one person.”
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“You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.”
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“Every brain is both a broadcasting station and a receiving station for the vibrations of thought.”
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“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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“This “missing link” in all systems of education may be found in the failure of educational institutions to teach their students how to organize and use knowledge after they acquire it.”
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“It should be remembered also that the outlook from the bottom is not so very bright or encouraging. It has a tendency to kill off ambition. We call it “getting into a rut,” which means that we accept our fate because we form the HABIT of daily routine, a habit that finally becomes so strong we cease to try to throw it off.”
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