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Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.

Denis Waitley

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
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Avoid Delay Failure Nothing Teacher Temporary
Opportunity never knocks; it is within you.
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Opportunity Yourself
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
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Desire Energy Need Spring Willing Win
Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy.
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Best Energy Focus Goal Live Ourselves Power Provision Way
When you are in the valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will get the renewed energy to continue the climb.
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Energy Goal New Valley View
Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future,and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.
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Control Detail Future Goal Learning Moments Past Time Yourself
One person’s ceiling is another person’s floor.
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Floor Oneself Person
The trouble with most of us is that we stop trying in trying times.
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Stop Time Trouble Try
Success is not a pie with a limited number of pieces. The success of others has very little bearing on your success. You and everyone you know can become successful without anyone suffering setbacks, harm, or downturns.
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Harm Limitation Pieces Success Suffering Yourself
Recognize when your peak energy occurs during the day. Allocate the most difficult projects to that period. Work on easy projects at low-energy times
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Day Easy Energy Project Recognition Time
Find a positive lesson and positive reason for all of your personal relationships. Accentuate the blessings and knowledge gained from each.
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Blessing Knowledge Lesson Positive Reason Yourself
No gift can ever replace the value of being there in person.
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Gift Person Replacement Value
Unless what you say benefits the other person, don’t say it.
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Benefit Person Silence Talk
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
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Break Commitment Lose Promise Win
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
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Expectation Planning Preparation Surprise Worst
Perseverance does not always mean sticking to the same thing forever. It means giving full concentration and effort to whatever you are doing right now.
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Effort Forever Perseverance Yourself

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