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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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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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Regardless of who you are or what you have been, you can be what you want to be.
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We have a problem. 'Congratulations.' But it's a tough problem. 'Then double congratulations.'
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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
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If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
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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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You always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may say that you had to do something, or that you were forced to, but actually, whatever you do, you do by choice. Only you have the power to choose for yourself.
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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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Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
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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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Success is achieved and maintained by those who try, and keep trying, for there is nothing to lose by trying and a great deal to gain if successful. By all means TRY! Do it NOW!!!
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Enthusiasm is the electric current that keeps the engine of life going at top speed.
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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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