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"We must all wage an intense, lifelong battle against the constant downward pull. If we relax, the bugs and weeds of negativity will move into the garden and take away everything of value."
"Goals. There's no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There's no telling what you can do when you believe in them. There's no telling what will happen when you act upon them."
"Life is worthwhile if you try. It doesn't mean you can do everything but there are a lot of things you can do, if you just try."
"The real problem is usually two or three questions deep. If you want to go after someone's problem, be aware that most people aren't going to reveal what the real problem is after the first question."
"Work harder on yourself than you do on your job. If you work hard on your job, you can make a living. If you work hard on yourself, you can make a fortune... Income seldom exceeds personal development."
"Ideas are information taking shape."
"Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws."
"By our attitude, we decide to read, or not to read. By our attitude, we decide to try or give up. By our attitude, we blame ourselves for our failure, or we blame others. Our attitude determines whether we tell the truth or lie, act or procrastinate, advance or recede, and by our own attitude we and we alone actually decide whether to succeed or fail."
"Decision making can sometimes seem like inner civil war."
"Personal development - the never ending chance to improve not only yourself, but also to attract opportunities and affect others."
"It is not what happens that determines the major part of your future. What happens, happens to us all. It is what you do about what happens that counts."
"Education must precede motivation."
"There are some things you don’t have to know how it works – only that it works. While some people are studying the roots, others are picking the fruit. It just depends on which end of this you want to get in on." -- Jim Rohn"
"It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure."
"The world is a magnificent place. What are you going to do with it?"
"We suffer one of two things. Either the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. You've got to choose discipline, versus regret, because discipline weighs ounces and regret weighs tons."
"Economic disaster begins with a philosophy of doing less and wanting more."
"The future does not get better by hope, it gets better by plan. And to plan for the future we need goals."
"If you are not financially independent by the time you are forty or fifty, it doesn't mean that you are living in the wrong country or at the wrong time. It simply means that you have the wrong plan."
"When a new idea comes our way, we must put it on our mental scales and weigh it carefully before deciding its value."