“Without doubt, the most common weakness of all human beings is the habit of leaving their minds open to the negative influence of other people. This weakness is all the more damaging, because most people do not recognize that they are cursed by it, and many who acknowledge it, neglect or refuse to correct the evil until it becomes an uncontrollable part of their daily habits.”
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“Your subconscious mind recognizes and acts upon Only thoughts which have been well-mixed with emotion or feeling.”
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“Fortunate is the young woman who learns this great truth and keeps her lover always guessing, always on the defensive lest he may lose her
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“You have been endowed with the power to use the most highly organized form of energy known to man, that of thought.”
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“Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat.”
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“Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end.”
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“Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.”
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“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.”
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“It isn’t defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it, that whips you.”
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“Most great people have achieved their greatest success just one
step beyond their greatest failure.”
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“any impulse of thought which is repeatedly passed on to the subconscious mind is, finally, accepted and acted upon by the subconscious mind,”
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“It Couldn’t Be Done” Somebody said that it couldn’t be done, But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing and he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it. Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that; At least no one has ever done it”; But he took off his coat and he took off his hat, And the first thing we knew he’d begun it. With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin, Without any doubting or quiddit, He started to sing and he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it. There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done, There are thousands to prophesy failure; There are thousands to point out to you, one by one, The dangers that wait to assail you. But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin, Just take off your coat and go to it; Just start to sing as you tackle the thing That “cannot be done,” and you’ll do it. Edgar Guest (1881-1959)”
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“The only “break” anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made “break.”
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“Newspapers of the future, to be conducted successfully, must be divorced from "special privilege" and relieved from the subsidy of advertising. They must cease to be organs of propaganda for the interests which patronize their advertising columns. The type of newspaper which publishes scandal and lewd pictures will eventually go the way of all forces which debauch the human mind.
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