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To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

Denis Waitley

Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience.
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Expectation Experience Expert Knowledge Learning Stop
Habits are like comfortable beds. They are easy to get into, but difficult to get out of.
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Bed Comfortable Difficult Easy Habit
Time And health are two precious assets that we don’t recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.
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Health Lost Precious Recognition Time
The greatest achievement is to outperform yourself.
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Achievement Greatness Performance Yourself
Procrastination is the fear of success.
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Fear One Liner Procrastination Success
Make certain that your goals are not measured in comparison with others.
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Comparison Goal Measurement
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
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Learning Mistake Past Success Yourself
Persistence means giving full concentration to whatever you are doing right now. … Persistence is success through trial, error, resetting your goals, and moving toward the target.
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Focus Goal Persistence Success Target
A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.
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Break Comfortable Creation Dreams Future Unknown Vision Yourself
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
The world is a mirror and reflects back your expectations. What you get is what you see.
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Expectation Karma Mirror Reflection See World Yourself
The real champions in life are so humble and gracious. They just continue doing what they do without all the posturing. If you’ve got the real thing, you don’t have to flaunt a loud imitation.
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Grace Humble Imitation Life Reality Yourself
Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
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Answer Energy Focus Wrong Yourself
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
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Children Gift Greatness Independence Responsibility Yourself
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
Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.
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Block Determination Yourself
Opportunity never knocks; it is within you.
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Opportunity Yourself
How you spend your time is far more important than all the material possessions you may own or positions you may attain.
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Important Material Position Possession Time Yourself
Don’t wait for mentors to seek you out. Don’t ever wait for your phone calls to be returned, your letters to be answered, your faxes to be responded to. Keep going out and asking question.
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Call Mentor Phone Question Respond Yourself
You are an uncut gemstone of priceless value. Cut and polish your potential with knowledge, skills and service and you will be in great demand throughout your life.
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Knowledge Life Potential Price Value Yourself
Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.
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Children Decision Desire Listening Yourself
Real motivation is that drive from within: You know where you are going because you have a compelling image inside, not a travel poster on the wall.
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Drive Image Motivational Reality Travel Yourself
No matter how much time you’ve wasted in the past, you still have an entire today.
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Time Wasted Time Yourself
By staying focused and flexible, you will meet and exceed your major life-forming goals. Success is not a resting-place – it is a launching pad.
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Focus Goal Life Place Stay Yourself
Most people spend their entire lives on a fantasy island called ‘Someday I’ll.’
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Dreams Fantasy Live People
You are your own scriptwriter and the play is never finished, no matter what your age or position in life.
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Age Life Play Position Scripture Writing Yourself
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
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Expectation Planning Preparation Surprise Worst

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