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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Advantage Change Happen Inspirational Matter Power
It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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Business Finish Motivational Patience Start Success
Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Believe Beyond Control Freedom Happiness Win
Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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Believe Healing One Liner Recover Ruin
You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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Concern Creation Giving Motivational Watch Work
If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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Defeat Fear Gain Seek Truth Victory
Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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Appearance Done Goodness Inspirational Man Sake
We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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Carry Focus Greatness Inspirational Need Seed
Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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Attention Belong Business Concern Focus True
He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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Greedy Happiness Human Nature Life
Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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Breathe Conservation Eat God Preference Thinking
When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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Angry Fault Forget Man Offend Study Yourself
It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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Deep Expectation People Reality Yourself
Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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Effort Exercise Motivational One Liner Outcome Work Hard
When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

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