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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
Actor
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Motivational Speaker
Radio Personality
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LA
California
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Life
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Failure
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The greatest thing on earth is a good idea!
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Achievement requires more than a vision - it takes courage, resolve and tenacity. All you have got to do is plant that seed in your mind, care for it, work steadily toward your goal, and it will become a reality
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Most people tiptoe their way through life, hoping they make it safely to death.
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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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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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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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The strangest secret in the world is that you become what you think about.
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Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.
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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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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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Your rewards will be determined by the extent of your contribution, that is your service to others.
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Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.
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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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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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We become what we think about.
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Do what experts since the dawn of recorded history have told you you must do: pay the price by becoming the person you want to become. It's not nearly as difficult as living unsuccessfully.
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Dream what you dare to dream. Go where you want to go. Be what you want to be.
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You become what you continually think about.
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Now, if you want to get rich, you have only to produce a product or service that will give people greater use value than the price you charge for it. How rich you get will be determined by the number of people to whom you can sell the product or service.
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