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“A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.”
“The present generation, wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is that of a man who has only fallen asleep towards morning: first of all come great dreams, then a feeling of laziness, and finally a witty or clever excuse for remaining in bed.”
“Encouraged people achieve the best; dominated people achieve second best; neglected people achieve the least.”
“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.”
“Your dreams come true when you act to turn them into realities.”
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
“Successful men are influenced by the desire for pleasing results. Failures are influenced by the desire for pleasing methods and are inclined to be satisfied with such results as can be obtained by doing things they like to do. The common denominator of success - the secret of every man who has ever been successful - lies in the fact that he formed the habit of doing things that failures don't like to do.”
“If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.”
“However vague they are, dreams have a way of concealing themselves and leave us no peace until they are translated into reality, like seeds germinating underground, sure to sprout in their search for the unlight.”
“When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion,by pure love that needs expressing then we truly live life.”
“Personal development is your springboard to personal excellence. Ongoing, continuous, non-stop personal development literally assures you that there is no limit to what you can accomplish.”
“No dream comes true until you wake up and go to work.”
“A non-doer is very often a critic-that is, someone who sits back and watches doers, and then waxes philosophically about how the doers are doing. It's easy to be a critic, but being a doer requires effort, risk, and change.”
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”
“Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow.”
“We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving. And we all have some power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.”
“If I feel depressed I will sing. If I feel sad I will laugh. If I feel ill I will double my labor. If I feel fear I will plunge ahead. If I feel inferior I will wear new garments. If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice. If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come. If I feel incompetent I will think of past success. If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals. Today I will be the master of my emotions.”
“There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion.”
“I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.”
“First Say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”
“If we don't start, it's certain we can't arrive.”
“If Joan of Arc could turn the tide of an entire ware before her 18th birthday, you can get out of bed.”
“The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.”
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
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