“Sexual overindulgence may not only destroy reason and willpower, but it may also lead to either temporary or permanent mental dysfunction.”
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“We rise to high positions or remain at the bottom because of conditions we can control if we desire to control them.”
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“Finally, he lifted his head slowly, got up and walked to the door. Then he turned around, came back, laid his hand on my shoulder and said, ‘My boy, you will need much courage if you remain steadfast in carrying out your purpose in life. But remember, when difficulties overtake you, the common people have common sense. Adversity will develop it.”
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“Persistence is a state of mind, therefore it can be cultivated. Like all states of mind, persistence is based upon definite causes,”
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“Those who reach decisions promptly and definitely, know what they want, and generally get it.”
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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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“If the thing you wish to do is right, and you believe in it, go ahead and do it! Put your dream across, and never mind what ‘they’ say if you meet with temporary defeat, for ‘they’, perhaps, do not know that every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.”
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“One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word "impossible.”
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“You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.”
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“Power is organized effort, as has already been stated! Success is based upon power!”
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“decisions is the seedling of fear! Remember this, as you read. Indecision crystalizes into doubt, the two blend and become fear! The “blending” process often is slow. This is one reason why these three enemies are so dangerous. They germinate and grow without their presence being observed.”
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“no one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.”
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“A mind ill with negative attitudes is more dangerous than a sick body, for its sickness is always contagious”
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“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.”
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