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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.
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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Illinois
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Never underestimate the repellent power of a negative mental attitude. It can prevent life's lucky breaks from benefiting you.
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Regardless of who you are or what you have been, you can be what you want to be.
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If you know what you want, you can find a way to get it.
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When you know principles that can motivate you, you will then know principles that can motivate others. Conversely, when you know principles that can motivate others, you will then know principles that can motivate you.
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PMA is the right mental attitude for each specific occasion. It has the power to attract the good and the beautiful. NMA repels them. It is a negative mental attitude that robs you of all that makes life worth living.
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Sometimes the things that seem to be adversities turn out to be opportunities in disguise.
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Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
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Instead of believing the world is plotting to do you harm, choose to believe the world is plotting to do you good. Instead of seeing every difficult challenging event as a negative, see it for what it could be - something that is meant to enrich you, empower you, or advance your causes.
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You have everything to gain and nothing to lose by trying.
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Big doors swing on little hinges.
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When thinking won't cure fear, action will.
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Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
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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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So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
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We have a problem. 'Congratulations.' But it's a tough problem. 'Then double congratulations.'
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