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"Anslinger's reefer madness did not caution even the seeds of efficient, intelligent, ruthless action ... The same goes for Hoover, sniveling Nixon, the whole miserable, wretchedly evil lot of them ... not a man among them who could have pulled off a successful coup in a banana republic."
"To believe in the supernatural is not simply to believe that after living a successful, material, and fairly virtuous life here one will continue to exist in the best-possible substitute for this world, or that after living a starved and stunted life here one will be compensated with all the good things one has gone without: it is to believe that the supernatural is the greatest reality here and now."
"The successful implementation of creative ideas within an organization."
"The most successful war seldom pays for its losses."
"The reason I was successful in launching my first book with bloggers is this: I assumed that I should spend as much time on a blogger with a million-person readership as I would pitching an editor of a publication with a million person subscription-base."
"Every great, successful person I know shares the capacity to remain centered, clear, and powerful in the midst of emotional 'storms'."
"Most churches make the mistake of selecting as leaders the confident, the competent, and the successful. But what you most need in a leader is someone who has been broken by the knowledge of his or her sin, and even greater knowledge of Jesus' costly grace"
"When you do not know what to do, relax and tell yourself that other portions of yourself do know; they will take over. Give yourself some rest. Remind yourself that in many ways you are a very successful person as you are. Success does not necessarily involve great intellect or great position or great wealth; it has to do with inner integrity. Remember that."
"The most successful givers aren’t doing it because they’re being told to. They do it because doing it is fun. It gives them joy."
"A successful man has the following qualities: A smile that doesn't die; patience; fearless mind; love; self- confidence; love for everybody."
"All depends on how determined we are to be successful."
"Unsuccessful people get jealous when they watch the Mastery of others. Successful people get inspired."
"The subscription model of buying music is bankrupt. I think you could make available the Second Coming in a subscription model and it might not be successful."
"To grasp and hold a vision, that is the very essence of successful leadership-not only on the movie set where I learned it, but everywhere."
"For me, I like to imagine being successful. I like to imagine the end, which is success. I envision it, where I can actually see it happening. Going into the ring, seeing the fight happen, seeing me winning that belt, seeing me back in my dressing room celebrating with a slice of cake, which I always had. And the same with meetings. I do prepare though; that confidence comes from preparation, because that fear is in the back of your head of not doing well, of not saying the right thing or having the right information. That's where the preparation comes in for me."
"Being an entrepreneur doesn't make you a rich tycoon and being an innovator doesn't mean that you're successful. It just means that you're interesting."
"Today I will be a successful sales professional, and I will learn something today that will make me even more professional tomorrow."
"Too many people spend more time planning how to get the job than on how to become productive and successful in that job."
"Success means different things to different people. To me, the greatest quality of successful human beings is the ability to love."
"Successful people are decisive people. When opportunities come their way, they evaluate them carefully, make a decision, and take appropriate action. They know that indecision wastes time that could be spent on more productive tasks."
