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May 30 - August 14, 2022
Money and material things are essential for freedom of body and mind, but there are some who will feel that the greatest of all riches can be evaluated only in terms of lasting friendships, harmonious family relationships, sympathy and understanding between business associates, and introspective harmony which brings one peace of mind measurable only in spiritual values!
Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known, told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat. Only by so doing can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win, essential to success.
Only by so doing can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win, essential to success.
there is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish.
schooling does but little more than to put one in the way of learning how to acquire practical knowledge.
The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.
The story of practically every great fortune starts with the day when a creator of ideas and a seller of ideas got together and worked in harmony.
Education consists, not so much of knowledge, but of knowledge effectively and persistently applied.
We emulate those with whom we associate most closely.
Your value is established entirely by your ability to render useful service or your capacity to induce others to render such service.
If you are influenced by the opinions of others, you will have no desire of your own.
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
There is no substitute for persistence! It cannot be supplanted by any other quality! Remember this, and it will hearten you, in the beginning, when the going may seem difficult and slow.
Everything which man creates, begins in the form of a thought impulse. Man can create nothing which he does not first conceive in thought.
Employers who understand human nature, get the best there is in men, not by criticism, but by constructive suggestion. Parents may accomplish the same results with their children.
