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Success attracts success and failure attracts failure because of the law of harmonious attraction.

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Success is good at any age, but the sooner you find it, the longer you will enjoy it.

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One thing we all know, if one does not possess PERSISTENCE, one does not achieve noteworthy success in any calling.

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The road to success may be, and generally is, obstructed by many influences which must be removed before the goal can be reached.

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You are engaged in an undertaking of major importance to you. To be sure of success, you must have plans which are faultless.

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Intelligent planning is essential for success in any undertaking designed to accumulate riches.

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There can never be success without happiness, and no man can be happy without dispensing happiness to others.

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Are you waiting for success to arrive, or are you going out to find where it is hiding?

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No man achieves great success who is unwilling to make personal sacrifices.

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No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes.

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I began to make inquiries of the hundreds of successful men who collaborated with me in the organization of the science of success, and discovered that each of them had received guidance from unknown sources, although many of them were reluctant to admit this discovery.

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Hard labor and good intentions are not sufficient to carry a man through to success.

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You are fortunate if you have learned the difference between temporary defeat and failure, more fortunate still if you have learned the truth that the very seed of success is dormant in every defeat that you experience.

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Our success depends very largely upon how well we negotiate our way through our daily contacts with other people without friction or opposition.

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You cannot become a power in your community nor achieve enduring success in any worthy undertaking until you become big enough to blame yourself for your own mistakes and reverses.

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You don't have to be very brilliant. You don't have to have such a wonderful education. You can be an outstanding success if you will only take what little you have, whether it's little or much, and start using it, putting it into operation, doing something about it, and doing something with it. And, of course, that calls for initiative.

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Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

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You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

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Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one when success is almost within reach.

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There is no hope of success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal at which to aim.

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Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.

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I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself.

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The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.

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Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

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Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.

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People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail. The fear of criticism, in such cases is stronger than the DESIRE for success.

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Don't be afraid of a little opposition. Remember that the 'Kite' of success generally rises AGAINST the wind of Adversity, not with it.

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Initiative is as essential to success as a hub is essential to a wagon wheel.

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Success is very largely a matter of adjusting one's self to the ever-varying and changing environments of life, in a spirit of harmony and poise.

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Those who approach their jobs and careers with enthusiasm always find plenty of opportunities, while those who complain about no one ever giving them a chance are merely observers of life. When you are determined that you will not allow others to determine your future for you, when you refuse to allow temporary setbacks to defeat you, you are destined for great success. The opportunities will always be there for you.

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