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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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Motivational Speaker
Radio Personality
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LA
California
Life
Circumstances
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Within
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Lives
Business
Night
Charge
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Don’t concern yourself with the money. Be of service ... build ... work ... dream ... create! Do this and you’ll find there is no limit to the prosperity and abundance that will come to you.
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Everything that's really worthwhile in life came to us free - our minds, our souls, our bodies, our hopes, our dreams, our ambitions, our intelligence, our love of family and children and friends and country.
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You can control your attitude. Set it each morning.
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The key that unlocks energy is desire. It's also the key to a long and interesting life. If we expect to create any drive, any real force within ourselves, we have to get excited.
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You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.
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The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!
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One hour per day of study in your chosen field is all it takes. One hour per day of study will put you at the top of your field within three years. Within five years you'll be a national authority. In seven years, you can be one of the best people in the world at what you do.
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The only person who succeeds is the person who is progressively realizing a worthy ideal. That's the person who says, 'I'm going to become this' and then begins to work toward that goal
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Your world and everything in it is a reflection of your own mental attitude toward yourself.
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Never compete, create.
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We are all creatures of habit. We can do most things without even thinking about them our bodies take charge and do them for us.
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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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Goals reflect your choice of destination.
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With every adversity, there is an equal or greater gift. Keep looking for the gift.
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Remember: Jobs are owned by the company you own your # career !
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A great attitude is not the result of success success is the result of a great attitude.
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Preparation for life is so important. Luck is what happens when preparedness meets opportunity. Opportunity is all around us. Are you prepared?
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Dream what you dare to dream. Go where you want to go. Be what you want to be.
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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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