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James Allen Author, Philosopher
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"The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state...Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are."

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Dalai Lama Spiritual Leader
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"To be kind, honest and have positive thoughts; to forgive those who harm us and treat everyone as a friend; to help those who are suffering and never to consider ourselves superior to anyone else: even if this advice seems rather simplistic, make the effort of seeing whether by following it you can find greater happiness."

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Denis Waitley Author, Motivational Speaker
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"Real success comes in small portions day by day. You need to take pleasure in life's daily little treasures. It is the most important thing in measuring success."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
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"To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"Let yourself be loved, O Beloved, in the One. And from this One move out into the world, carrying within you the great potent energies of life to green your world, to create planets, suns, stars, stones, waves, oceans, to create new forms of life and expression - whether a friendship, a feeling or a new form of vocation."

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Jim Rohn Author, Motivational Speaker
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"The guy says, "When you work where I work, by the time you get home, it's late. You've got to have a bite to eat, watch a little TV, relax and get to bed. You can't sit up half the night planning, planning, planning." And he's the same guy who is behind on his car payment!"

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John Ruskin Art Critic, Writer
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"In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it."

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Maya Angelou Poet, Memoirist
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"I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy. If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And if we have the effrontery to talk to anybody with less than courtesy, we tell ourselves and the world we are not very intelligent."

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