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We've got to be of service first before we can expect money.

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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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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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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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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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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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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Your world and everything in it is a reflection of your own mental attitude toward yourself.
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Instead of competing, all we have to do is create.
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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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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
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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.
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These people get to the top because they have to, because inside them burns a dream too big, too ever present, too demanding to be denied.
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Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
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With every adversity, there is an equal or greater gift. Keep looking for the gift.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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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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If the average person realized the power he wields over his life and destiny, he would live in a perpetual state of wonder and thanksgiving.
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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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The big thing is that you know what you want.
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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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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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