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We tend to live up to our expectations.

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Earl Nightingale
Age: 68 †
Born: 1921
Born: March 12
Died: 1989
Died: March 25
Actor
Author
Motivational Speaker
Radio Personality
Writer
LA
California
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Expectations
Attitude
Inspirational
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Your rewards in life are in direct proportion to your service
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It's never too late, for with a purpose, a worthy goal and a motivation to reach those upper layers on the pyramid, a person can travel further in a few years than he might otherwise travel in a lifetime.
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The key that unlocks energy is desire.
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Be positive, cheerful, grateful and expectant.
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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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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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Just one great idea can completely revolutionize your life.
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Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
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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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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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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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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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Whatever the majority of people is doing, under any given circumstances, if you do the exact opposite, you will probably never make another mistake as long as you live.
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If a person is working toward a predetermined goal and knows where to go, then that person is successful. If a person does not know which direction they want to go in life, then that person is a failure.
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Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.
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Successful people are dreamers who have found a dream too exciting, too important, to remain in the realm of fantasy. Day by day, hour by hour, they toil in the service of their dream until they can see it with their eyes and touch it with their hands.
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You can control your attitude. Set it each morning.
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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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