"My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That's how we were raised"
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"I always thought I should be treated like a star."
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"You are the only person on earth who can use your ability."
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"If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit."
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"Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others."
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"Self-esteem is reliance on one's power to think. It cannot be replaced by one's power to deceive. The self-confidence of a scientist and the self-confidence of a con man are not interchangeable states, and do not come from the same psychological universe. The success of a man who deals with reality augments his self-confidence. The success of a con man augments his panic."
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"Do the thing and you will have the power."
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"Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings."
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"To come from no voice, no power, and to be able to achieve what I have means that only my own personal vision holds me back."
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"We must do that which we think we cannot."
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"Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world."
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"We want you to stop caring about what anybody else's response is to you. And when you get there, they'll all really, really like you. It's the strangest thing. When you need their approval, you never get it. And when you don't need their approval, you're so tuned in, everybody wants to be with you."
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"Intelligent too, ooh you my sweetheart. I've always liked my women book and street smart. Long as they got a lil' class like half days and the confidence to overlook my past ways."
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"Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have."
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"If you're not making someone else's life better, then you're wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better."
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"Many would be cowards if they had courage enough."
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"Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem."
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"You can have anything you want"
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"To have an incredible increase in self esteem, all you have to do is start doing some little something. You don't have to do spectacularly dramatic things for self esteem to start going off the scale. Just make a commitment to any easy discipline. Then another one and another one."
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"If you must say yes, say it with an open heart. If you must say no, say it without fear."
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