The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.

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To me, words are like stickpins. I can throw a word at you and it will bounce right off your body. But if I take that little stickpin and wire it to the back of an iron bar called human emotion, I can put that thing right through your heart.

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The ultimate success formula: I) Decide what you want (Be precise! Clarity is power) II) Take action (because desire is not enough) III) Notice what's working or not (You don't want to continue to expend energy on an approach that's worthless IV) Change your approach until you achieve what you want (Flexibility gives you the power to create a new approach and a new result.

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Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

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The only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can't have it.

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As we develop new beliefs about who we are, our behavior will change to support the new identity.

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Winners take imperfect action while losers are still perfecting the plan.

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No matter how difficult the situation is, it won't last forever. What follows the night is the day. What follows the winter is the spring.

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If you talk about it, it's a dream, if you envision it, it's possible, but if you schedule it, it's real.

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Life is nothing but a mirror of your consistent thoughts.

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