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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.
Earl Nightingale
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Earl Nightingale
Age: 68 †
Born: 1921
Born: March 12
Died: 1989
Died: March 25
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The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!
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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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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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We may avoid the laws of man, but there are greater laws that can't be broken.
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Your rewards in life are in direct proportion to your service
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People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
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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.
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We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
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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 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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Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.
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Instead of competing, all we have to do is create.
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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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Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
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If your attitude toward the world is good, you will obtain good results. If your attitude is excellent, excellent will your results.
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How can I be of the greatest service doing that which I most enjoy doing?
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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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We've got to be of service first before we can expect money.
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The only thing about a man that is a man is his mind.
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