The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. ― Dale Carnegie

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The more you can have control over your ego rather than let it run amuck, the more successful you’ll be in all areas of life. ― Roy T. Bennett

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I said to my soul, be still and wait without hope, for hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love, for love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, but the faith and the love are all in the waiting. Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought: So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.

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Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. - Albert Einstein

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Beware of charisma . . . Representative Men; was Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1850 phrase for the great men in a democracy . . . Is there some common quality among these Representative Men who have been most successful as our leaders? I call it the need to be authentic-or, as our dictionaries tell us, conforming to fact and therefore worthy of trust, reliance or belief. While the charismatic has an uncanny outside source of strength, the authentic is strong because he is what he seems to be. — Daniel J. Boorstin

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In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories. ― Bill Watterson

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Successful people have libraries. The rest have big screen TVs ― Jim Rohn

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Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose. — G.K. Nielson

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I understand, and not knowing how to express myself without pagan words, I’d rather remain silent

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Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. -Napoleon Hill

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