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You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together.

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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
Opportunity
Yardstick
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Yardsticks
Together
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Risk

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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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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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Don't wait for change. You change.
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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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To become successful and outstanding at something, we don't have to come up with something new we need only find ways of doing it better.
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Our rewards in life will always be in direct ratio to our service.
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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
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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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You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.
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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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How can I be of the greatest service doing that which I most enjoy doing?
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Never compete, create.
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Control your thoughts. Decide about that which you will think and concentrate upon. You are in charge of your life to the degree you take charge of your thoughts.
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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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As in all successful ventures, the foundation of a good retirement is planning.
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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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All you have to do is hold your goal before you and everything else will take care of itself.
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The strangest secret in the world is that you become what you think about.
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Instead of competing, all we have to do is create.
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The person with just one good idea is a thousand times better off than the person with no good ideas.
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