“There are four simple steps which lead to the habit of persistence. They call for no great amount of intelligence, no particular amount of education, and but little time or effort. The necessary steps are:— 1. A definite purpose backed by burning desire for its fulfillment. 2. A definite plan, expressed in continuous action. 3. A mind closed tightly against all negative and discouraging influences, including negative suggestions of relatives, friends and acquaintances. 4. A friendly alliance with one or more persons who will encourage one to follow through with both plan and purpose.”
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“Somewhere in your make-up (perhaps in the cells of your brain) there lies sleeping, the seed of achievement which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to heights, such as you may never have hoped to attain.”
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“Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie Which we ascribe to heaven; the fated sky Gives us free scope; and only backward pulls Our slow designs when we ourselves are dull. How much I could do if I only tried. * (1803-1873) English dramatist, novelist, and politician.”
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“Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.
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“If you must slander someone, don't speak it - but write it - write it in the sand, near the water's edge!”
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“No one could ride a horse if the horse discovered its real strength. The same thing is true for people.”
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“You may as well know, also that every great leader, from the dawn of civilization down to the present, was a dreamer.
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“When people first come into contact with crime, they abhor it. If they remain in contact with crime for a time, they become accustomed to it, and endure it. If they remain in contact with it long enough, they finally embrace it, and become influenced by it.”
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“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”
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“Every human being who reaches the age of understanding of the purpose of money, wishes for it. Wishing will not bring riches. But desiring riches with a state of mind that becomes an obsession, then planning definite ways and means to acquire riches, and backing those plans with persistence which does not recognize failure, will bring riches.”
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“Procrastination, the opposite of decision, is a common enemy which practically every man must conquer.”
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“Candler—mixed with the secret formula was. . . IMAGINATION!”
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“until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.”
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“All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea!”
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