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The beggar thinks only of his next meal and I think only of the meal that will be my last.
do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important, to acquire peace of mind and serenity.”
the rewards are great if one succeeds but the rewards are great only because so few succeed.
Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence and thus each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing you to become better … or quit.
Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.”
Never feel shame for trying and failing for he who has never failed is he who has never tried.
“Failure will never overtake you if your determination to succeed is strong enough.”
Although I consider myself a good salesman I am unable to sell death on departing from my door.
Time teaches all things to him who lives forever but I have not the luxury of eternity.
experience teaches thoroughly yet her course of instruction devours men’s years
Failure is man’s inability to reach his goals in life, whatever they may be.
the only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure.
I will form good habits and become...
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As a child I was slave to my impulses; now I am slave to my habits, ...
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only a habit can subdue another habit.
As I repeat the words daily they will soon become a part of my active mind, but more important, they will also seep into my other mind, that mysterious source which never sleeps, which creates my dreams, and often makes me act in ways I do not comprehend.
I will greet this day with love in my heart.
I will persist until I succeed.
Each blow, of itself, may be trifling, and seem of no consequence. Yet from childish swipes the oak will eventually tumble.
I am nature’s greatest miracle.
I will live this day as if it is my last.
This day is all I have and these hours are now my eternity.
Procrastination I will destroy with action; doubt I will bury under faith; fear I will dismember with confidence.
Today I shall embrace my woman with sweet kisses; tomorrow she will be gone, and so will I.
Today I will be master of my emotions.
Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.
Each day, when I awaken, I will follow this plan of battle before I am captured by the forces of sadness, self-pity and failure— If I feel depressed I will sing. If I feel sad I will laugh. If I feel ill I will double my labor. If I feel fear I will plunge ahead. If I feel inferior I will wear new garments. If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice. If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come. If I feel incompetent I will remember past success. If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals. Today I will be master of my emotions.
only those with inferior ability can always be at their best,
If I become overconfident I will recall my failures. If I overindulge I will think of past hungers. If I feel complacency I will remember my competition. If I enjoy moments of greatness I will remember moments of shame. If I feel all-powerful I will try to stop the wind. If I attain great wealth I will remember one unfed mouth. If I become overly proud I will remember a moment of weakness. If I feel my skill is unmatched I will look at the stars.
I will laugh at the world.
Henceforth I will cultivate the habit of laughter.
Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.
A cut of sheep’s hair touched with the genius of man becomes raiment for a king.
my failures, my despairs, my ignorance, and my inabilities are the darkness in which I have been planted in order to ripen.
Only a worm is free from the worry of stumbling.
Let others build a cave with their clay. I will build a castle with mine.
I will commit not the terrible crime of aiming too low. I will do the work that a failure will not do. I will always let my reach exceed my grasp.
My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action. I will act now.
Action is the food and drink which will nourish my success.
action reduces the lion of terror to an ant of equanimity.
I will not avoid the tasks of today and charge them to tomorrow for I know that tomorrow never comes.
I will call on ten who can buy my goods while the failure makes grand plans to call on one.
Only for guidance will I pray,
