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When you're thirsty, it's too late to think about digging a well.

Harvey Mackay

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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
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Journalist
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Like it or not, life is a series of competitions. You may be competing for a grade, a spot on a team, a job, or the largest account in town. The higher your self-esteem is, the better you get along with yourself, with others, and the more you'll accomplish.
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For the real winners, there are no finish lines.
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It's only lonely at the top if you forget all the people you met along the way and fail to acknowledge their contributions to your success.
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Don't equate activity with efficiency.
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If you want to stay youthful, stay useful.
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Anyone too busy to say thank you will get fewer and fewer chances to say it.
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The cost of praising someone is nil - but every psychological study shows the payoff is huge.
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There will always be someone with a cuter girl, a bigger car, a bigger home, but that does not matter. You measure your own performance by your own potential. That's what makes a successful person.
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Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.
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You'll always get the good news it's how fast you get the bad news that counts.
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No one ever went broke by saying no too often.
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One of the most difficult things in life for any individual or business is to accept and adopt change.
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Would you like to go to a doctor who had taken his last medical course in 1948? You have to keep changing and keep learning so that you are constantly challenging yourself, adding a few new songs to your program every chance you get. If you don't, the world will pass you by.
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Make your decisions with your heart, and you'll end up with heart disease.
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