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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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Getting rich, or becoming outstanding at anything is all a matter of attitude. You must make up your mind once and for all - you commit yourself - and then just stay with it until you finally have what you set out to get.
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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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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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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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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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Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.
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Preparation for life is so important. Luck is what happens when preparedness meets opportunity. Opportunity is all around us. Are you prepared?
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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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Our rewards in life will always be in direct ratio 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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Security isn't what the wise person looks for - it's opportunity.
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Excellence always sells.
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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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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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Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.
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Don't concern yourself too much with how you are going to achieve your goal - leave that completely to a power greater than yourself. All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord, and at the right time.
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The only thing about a man that is a man is his mind.
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Most people tiptoe their way through life, hoping they make it safely to death.
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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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