“Develops the capacity to reach decisions. Definiteness of purpose tends to develop the capacity to reach decisions quickly and firmly. Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.”
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“It isn’t defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it, that whips you.”
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“If you can’t manage your own mental attitude, what makes you think you can manage others?”
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“The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE.”
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“Psychologists have correctly said that “when one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance.”
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“There is a difference between Wishing for a thing and being ready to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief.”
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“Remember that your real wealth can be measured not by what you have, but by what you are.”
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“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.”
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“Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its application towards some worthy end.”
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“1. Fix in your mind the exact amount of money you desire. It is not sufficient merely to say, ‘I want plenty of money.’ Be definite as to the amount. (There is a psychological reason for definiteness which will be described in a subsequent chapter.) 2. Determine exactly what you intend to give in return for the money you desire. (There is no such reality as ‘something for nothing’.) 3. Establish a definite date when you intend to possess the money you desire. 4. Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire, and begin at once, whether you are ready or not, to put this plan into action. 5. Write out a clear, concise statement of the amount of money you intend to acquire. Name the time limit for its acquisition. State what you intend to give in return for the money, and describe clearly the plan through which you intend to accumulate it. 6. Read your written statement aloud, twice daily, once just before retiring at night, and once after rising in the morning. AS YOU READ, SEE AND FEEL AND BELIEVE YOURSELF ALREADY IN POSSESSION OF THE MONEY.”
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“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.”
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“no one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.”
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“The emotions of faith, love, and Sex are the most powerful of all the major positive emotions.
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“Impossible,” said he, “is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.”
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“accumulation of money cannot be left to chance, good fortune and luck. One must realise that all who have accumulated great fortunes first did a certain amount of dreaming, hoping, wishing, desiring and planning before they acquired money.”
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