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We tend to live up to our expectations.

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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You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.
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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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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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Goals reflect your choice of destination.
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Visualization is the human being's vehicle to the future - good, bad, or indifferent. It's strictly in our control.
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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 greatest thing on earth is a good idea!
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Instead of competing, all we have to do is create.
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Achievement requires more than a vision - it takes courage, resolve and tenacity. All you have got to do is plant that seed in your mind, care for it, work steadily toward your goal, and it will become a reality
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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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We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.[so we can see the bright side of everything]
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The key that unlocks energy is desire.
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Problems are challenges to creative minds. Without problems, there would be little reason to think at all.
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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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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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Most people tiptoe their way through life, hoping they make it safely to death.
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Every-time we use a product or service, someone is serving us.
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All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.
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The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.
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