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The reason so few people are successful is no one has yet found a way for someone to sit down and slide uphill.
W. Clement Stone
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W. Clement Stone
Age: 100 †
Born: 1902
Born: May 4
Died: 2002
Died: September 3
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To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
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Bring into reality the possibility of the improbable by acquiring a positive mental attitude. Say to yourself, as Henry Ford said to his engineers, Keep working!
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If you know what you want, you can find a way to get it.
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You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
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Every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
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It is interesting to note that life never leaves us stranded. If life hands us a problem, it hands us also the abilities with which to meet the problem.
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Don't blame God for your lack of success.
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Greatness comes to those who develop a burning desire to achieve high goals.
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When you become successful and a depression or any other unfavorable circumstance arises which causes you a loss or defeat, act on the self-motivator: Success is achieved by those who try and maintained by those who keep trying with a positive mental attitude. This is the way to avoid being crushed.
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When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
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No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.
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To be happy, make other people happy.
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Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving.
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Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect.
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Man's greatest power lies in the power of prayer.
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Most of us are inclined to look upon success as coming in some mysterious way through advantages that we do not have. Perhaps because we do have them, we don't see them. The obvious is often unseen.
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It takes less work to succeed than to fail.
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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
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Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.
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Accept the priceless gift - the joy of work. Apply the greatest value in life: love people and serve them. You will attract big and generous portions of success.
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