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Habits are like comfortable beds. They are easy to get into, but difficult to get out of.

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Denis Waitley
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: January 1
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The confidence you need is belief in your potential. If you see world-class potential in yourself, you'll put in the effort. If you don't see the potential, you won't put in the effort and you'll wait for the performance, and the performance always follows the belief in self.
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Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.
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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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Life is a do-it-for-others, do-it-yourself project.
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How you spend your time is far more important than all the material possessions you may own or positions you may attain.
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Your attitude is either the lock on, or the key to the door of your success.
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Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future,and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.
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If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
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Of all the judgments we make through life, none are more important than the estimate we place on ourselves according to our own internal standards.
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Virtually nothing can stop a man who has a goal clearly in sight.
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On our track to success, we have to fight the tendency to look at others and see how far they've come. The only thing that counts is how we use the potential we possess and that we run our race to the best of our abilities.
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I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.
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First we make our attitudes. Then our attitudes make us.
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Don't wait for an employer, friend, or mentor to show appreciation for your work. Take pride in your own efforts on a daily basis.
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You must feel love within, before you can share it.
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SMILE! In every language, in every culture - it is the light in your window that tells people there's a caring, sharing individual inside and it's the universal code for I'm O. K. - You're O. K., too!
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With knowledge now the key raw material for creating all economic wealth, the new power struggles will reach deep into our minds and our personal lives. That's why we believe the only empire that will survive in the 21st century will be the empire you build within your own mind.
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Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.
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A sign of wisdom and maturity is when you come to terms with the realization that your decisions cause your rewards and consequences. You are responsible for your life, and your ultimate success depends on the choices you make.
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