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“The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.”
“Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do.”
“The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.”
“Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.”
“Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.”
“Make no mistake. You are your most important critic and your conscience your most important judge of character.”
“A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.”
“The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success.”
“You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.”
“Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.”
“Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.”
“Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.”
“Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.”
“When you are in the valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will get the renewed energy to continue the climb.”
“You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions.”
“Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.”
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.”
“Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art - an individual masterpiece.”
“You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization.”
“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.”