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Success is not the result of making money earning money is the result of success — and success is in direct proportion to our service.

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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Direct
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Success
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Money
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Proportion
Service

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If we can augment our gift giving by giving more of ourselves to those we love, all the time and in various ways, we will have a good chance of helping them and ourselves live happier, better lives.
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The only thing about a man that is a man is his mind.
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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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Even if our home burns down we can rebuild it. But the things that we got for nothing, we can never replace.
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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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Don’t concern yourself with the money. Be of service ... build ... work ... dream ... create! Do this and you’ll find there is no limit to the prosperity and abundance that will come to you.
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The strangest secret in the world is that you become what you think about.
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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
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The key that unlocks energy is desire. It's also the key to a long and interesting life. If we expect to create any drive, any real force within ourselves, we have to get excited.
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How can I be of the greatest service doing that which I most enjoy doing?
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People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be - whether they will admit that or not.
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The best way to help a man increase his output is to help build the man. Help him increase his stature as a man, and he will just naturally do better-on the job and off.
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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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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
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We tend to minimize the things we can do, the goals we can accomplish, and for some equally strange reason we think other people can accomplish things that we cannot. I want you to understand that that is not true. You have deep reservoirs of talent and ability within you that you can bring to the surface and achieve all that you desire
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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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When the days are too short, chances are you are living at your best.
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Don't wait for change. You change.
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You are, at this moment, standing, right in the middle of your own 'acres of diamonds.'
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The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers.
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