If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

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Deliver me from all evildoers that talk nothing but sickness and failure. Grant me the companionship of men who think success and men who work for it. Loan me associates who cheerfully face the problems of a day and try hard to overcome them. Relieve me of all cynics and critics. Give me good health and the strength to be of real service to the world, and I'll get all that's good for me, and will what's left to those who want it.

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Before it can be solved, a problem must be clearly defined.

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Nothing happens to you that has not happened to someone else.

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If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.

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Few of us get anything without working for it.

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Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.

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Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.

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Success is seldom achieved by people who contemplate the possibility of failure

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The wise man seeks little joys, knowing that life is long and that his quota of great joys is distinctly limited.

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