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“Your decisions make the circumstances. Your circumstances don’t make the decisions.”
“A definite purpose is something you must create for yourself. No one else can select it for you, and it will not create itself. Desire is the factor that determines it.”
“Until a man selects a definite purpose, he scatters his energy and thoughts, which leads not to power but to indecision and weakness.”
“The quality of expectations determines the quality of our action.”
“High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.”
“Definite intentions get definite results!”
“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.”
“The world makes way for the man who knows whither he is going.”
“The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.”
“The worth of life is not to be measured by results of achievement or success, but solely by the motives of the heart and the efforts of one’s will.”
“A person’s character is a reflection of their dominant thoughts and actions.”
“All great leaders base their leadership upon a definite purpose.”
“Slow success builds character; fast success builds ego.”
“It doesn’t matter where you were born as much as it matters why you were born.”
“If you want to know where your heart is, look where your mind goes when it wanders.”
“Some pursue happiness - others create it.”
“What you are for empowers you and what you are against weakens you.”
“When in doubt, always go back to your whys. Give yourself permission to fail.”
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
“Drive is a function of how badly you want something and how willing you are to work for it.”
“Hunger is the best motivator; stay hungry and you will never stop climbing.”
“The person who holds in mind a burning desire for the achievement of a definite purpose is sure to find ways and means of realizing it.”
“The future does not belong to those who are content with today.”
“It’s better to wear out than to rust out.”
“Being the best is 10x harder, but produces 100x the results.”
“You attract what you are, not what you want. If you want great, then be great.”
“The fire you walk through doesn’t burn you, it forges you.”
“There is no genius without a touch of madness, and no greatness without relentless drive.”
“You’ll have time to rest when you’re dead.”
“Obsessed is the word the lazy use to describe the dedicated.”
“Be proud, but never satisfied.”
“Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm lights the switch.”
“Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.”
“Enthusiasm is the vital moving force that impels action.”
“Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.”
“Remember that guy that gave up? Neither does anyone else.”
“Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.”
“Great ambition without effort means nothing.”
“Hope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier.”
“Faith makes things possible, not easy.”
“Worry ends where faith begins.”
“Doubt makes the mountain which faith can move.”
“Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, Faith looks up.”
“To believe in what you can see and touch is no belief at all. To believe in what you cannot see or touch is the true measure of a believer.”
“Trust in God means not having to have a particular result, but rather, knowing that whatever result is for our highest good.”
“Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of God no matter what the conflict.”
“The most difficult thing you can do is follow the guidance you pray for.”
“God closes doors no man can open, and God opens doors no man can close.”
“It is our Father’s good pleasure to give us the kingdom; it is our business to receive it.”
“Sometimes the wrong choices bring us to the right places.”
