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You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.

Earl Nightingale

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Earl Nightingale
Age: 68 †
Born: 1921
Born: March 12
Died: 1989
Died: March 25
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Motivational Speaker
Radio Personality
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LA
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You must radiate success before it’ll come to you.
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If you don't have a good model for success, just look at what everybody else is doing and do the opposite.
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Successful people form the habit of doing what failures don't like to do. They like the results they get by doing what they don't necessarily enjoy.
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It is in the expectations of happiness that much of happiness itself is found. And it takes courage to expect happiness.
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Now, success is not the result of making money making money is the result of success - and success is in direct proportion to our service. Most people have this law backwards. They believe that you're successful if you earn a lot of money. The truth is that you can only earn money after you're successful.
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Excellence always sells.
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If your attitude toward the world is good, you will obtain good results. If your attitude is excellent, excellent will your results.
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The big thing is that you know what you want.
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People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
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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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Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
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The greatest thing on earth is a good idea!
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You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together.
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Courage changes things for the better...[With courage you can] stay with something long enough to succeed at it, realizing that it usually takes two, three or four times as long to succeed as you thought or hoped.
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Your rewards will be determined by the extent of your contribution, that is your service to others.
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If you spend an extra hour each day of study in your chosen field you will be a national expert in that field in five years or less.
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Just one great idea can completely revolutionize your life.
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We tend to live up to our expectations.
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Each of us must live off the fruit of his thoughts in the future, because what you think today and tomorrow, next month and next year, you will mold your life and determine your future. You are guided by your mind.
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Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
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