"Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time."
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"The person who stops studying merely because he has finished school is forever hopelessly doomed to mediocrity, no matter what may be his calling. The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge."
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"Whatever you think today becomes what you are tomorrow."
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"Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success."
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"Nothing is impossible to the person who backs DESIRE with enduring FAITH."
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"If you are not learning while you’re earning, you are cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation."
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"Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle."
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"When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal."
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"Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of HARD work!"
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"If the thing you wish to do is right, and YOU BELIEVE IN IT, go ahead and do it! Put your dreams across, and never mind what 'they' say if you meet with temporary defeat, for 'they' perhaps, do not know that every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success."
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"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve regardless of how many times you may have failed in the past or how lofty your aims and hopes may be."
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"A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him."
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"Successful people, in all callings, never stop acquiring specialized knowledge related to their major purpose, business, or profession."
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"Memorize the selfstarter DO IT NOW! DO IT NOW! can affect every phase of your life. It can help you do the things you should do but don't feel like doing. It can keep you from procrastinating when an unpleasant duty faces you. But it can also help you do those things that you want to do. It helps you seize those precious moments that, if lost, may never be retrieved."
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"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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"If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge."
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"The man who always takes and never gives is not a leader. He is a parasite."
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"You either control your mind or it controls you."
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"Action is the real measure of intelligence."
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"You don't have to be very brilliant. You don't have to have such a wonderful education. You can be an outstanding success if you will only take what little you have, whether it's little or much, and start using it, putting it into operation, doing something about it, and doing something with it. And, of course, that calls for initiative."
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