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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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LA
California
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Expectations
Attitude
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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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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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Our rewards in life will always be in direct ratio to our service.
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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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We may avoid the laws of man, but there are greater laws that can't be broken.
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Now, if you want to get rich, you have only to produce a product or service that will give people greater use value than the price you charge for it. How rich you get will be determined by the number of people to whom you can sell the product or service.
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Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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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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Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.
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That's the secret: be interesting. If you can't be interesting, shut up. There's nothing wrong with silence.
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Never compete, create.
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All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord.
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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 picture you have of yourself, your self-esteem, will have a profound effect on the way you see the world and the way your world sees you.
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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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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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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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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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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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