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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.

Earl Nightingale

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Earl Nightingale
Age: 68 †
Born: 1921
Born: March 12
Died: 1989
Died: March 25
Actor
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LA
California
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Life
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Success is not the result of making money earning money is the result of success — and success is in direct proportion to our service.
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Don't take the attitude of waiting for people to be nice to you - be nice to them. Don't sit in front of a cold stove waiting for the heat. Put in the fuel. Act first.
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People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
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We become what we think about.
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Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.
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The best way to help a man increase his output is to help build the man. Help him increase his stature as a man, and he will just naturally do better-on the job and off.
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If a person will spend one hour a day on the same subject for five years, that person will be an expert on that subject.
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Control your thoughts. Decide about that which you will think and concentrate upon. You are in charge of your life to the degree you take charge of your thoughts.
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The key that unlocks energy is desire.
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Security isn't what the wise person looks for - it's opportunity.
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Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.
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Throughout all history, the great wise men and teachers, philosophers, and prophets have disagreed with one another on many different things. It is only on this one point that they are in complete and unanimous agreement. We become what we think about
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But the 3% who have taken the time and exercised the discipline to decide on a destination and to chart a course sail straight and far across the deep oceans of life, reaching one port after another and accomplishing more in just a few years than the rest accomplish in a lifetime.
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Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
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You must radiate success before it’ll come to you.
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You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.
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Your rewards, all the years of your life, will be in precise proportion to your service. You are here to serve others, just as they serve you.
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The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers.
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We've got to be of service first before we can expect money.
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Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
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