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NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO A WILLING HEART.

There is a key which, if properly used and understood,
will ensure your success in any endeavor, the key is desire.

If you are willing to pay the price, even your circumstances change.
If you want something badly enough, you are sure enough to get it.

You have the power to get everything you want, if you have the desire.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power
to make it come true.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS ARE AROUND YOU.

Success doesn't come to you, you have to go to it.
It's up to you to open the door to opportunity.

The golden opportunity you are seeking is inside of you.
It is not in your environment; it is not in chance or luck,
or the help of others; it is inside of you alone.

You can start precisely where you are at any time.
The grass always looks greener in far away places,
but opportunity lies right where you are.
Take advantage of them when they appear.

You don't need more strength,more ability or greater opportunity.
What you need is to use what you have.
Learn to seize good fortune, for it is always around you.

Every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity.

DESIRE IS THE FIRE OF LIFE.

The key that insures your success in any endeavor, is desire.
If you are willing to pay the price,
even your circumstances will change.
If you want something badly enough,
you are sure to get it.

Reality forms around the commitments you make.
Your desires will in time externalize themselves into concrete facts.

Obstacles don't matter very much.
Pain or other circumstances can be there.
But if you want to do something bad enough,
you'll find a way to get it done.

You only have to love a thing greatly to get it.

YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK.

Belief is the knowledge that you can do something.
It's the inner feeling that what you undertake,
you can accomplish.

For the most part, you have the ability to look at something
and to know whether or not you can do it.
Thus in belief, there is power;
your eyes are opened;
your opportunities become plain;
and your visions become reality.

If you believe you can do a thing, you can do it.
Success is neither magical nor mysterious.
You can never succeed until you believe you'll succeed.

SUCCESS IS A MATTER OF EXPECTATION.

Expect success and it is yours.
When you feel in your innermost being
that you will achieve success, it opens the way to attain it.
The dreams you choose to believe in will come to be.

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive as great,
and no tonic so powerful as the expectation of something tomorrow.

Begin by always expecting good things to happen.
You will find what you expect to find,
and you will receive what you ask for.
Set your sights high, make your goals clear and expect to attain them.

Success is yours if you want it.

IT'S ALWAYS YOUR NEXT MOVE.

The keys to your universe lie with the choices you make.
You don't have to buy from anyone.
You don't have to work at any particular job.
You don't have to participate in any given relationship.

The choice is always yours.
You hold the tiller.
You steer the course you choose
in the direction of where you want to be today,
tomorrow, or in a distant time to come.

You can at any time decide to alter the course of your life.
No one can take that away from you.

You can choose.

YOU ARE THE MASTER OF YOUR FATE.

It is your philosophical set of the sails
that determines the course of your life.
To change your current direction,
you have to change your philosophy not your circumstances.

Instead of saying, "I sure hope things will change".
Learn that the only way things are going to change is when you change.

Disgust and resolve are two of the great emotions that lead to change.
You will generally change yourself for one of two reasons:
Inspiration or Desperation

Don't say,"If I could, I would".
Say instead, "If I can, I will ".

QUALITY OF LIFE BEGINS IN YOUR MIND.

Riches lie within you, not in material possessions.
Your real riches are riches of the head and heart.
Satisfaction comes from appreciating what you have.
Wealth without enjoyment is little consolation.

There are two ways of being happy:
you must either diminish your wants or augment your means.
It is always better to appreciate things you cannot have
then to have the things you cannot appreciate.

It is not what you have,
but what you enjoy that constitutes your abundance.

YOU ALWAYS HAVE A CHANCE.

Within you at this moment
is the power to do things you never dreamed possible.
In fact, if you did all the things you are capable of doing,
you would literally astound yourself.

This power becomes available to you
the instant you change your beliefs.

You know what you are today,
but not what you may be tomorrow.
Always look at things as they can be.

You can do anything you wish to do,
have anything you wish to have,
be anything you wish to be. Never say never.

You don't know what you can do until you try.

YOU MASTER NATURE WITH UNDERSTANDING.

Some people are successful in mastering life,
while others permit life to master them.

The split in you is very clear.
There is a part of you that knows what it should do,
and a part that does what it feels like doing.
If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Once you understand these opposing forces warring within you,
you come to a knowledge of the truth,
and you no longer remain a slave.
A clear understanding of this will make you the master of your life.

Are you controlled by your thoughts or are you controlling your thoughts?
If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

If you are ruled by your mind you are a king,
if by your body, a slave.

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.

Your mind is your mental workshop.
You can build anything in it.

Visualize whatever you want.
See it, feel it, believe in it.
Then make your mental blue print, and begin to build it.

You can use your imagination to perceive your reality
even before it is fully materialized.
You must first clearly see a thing in your mind before you can do it.

Your new beginning is in your imagination.
First think, then organize your thoughts into plans.
Then transform your thoughts into reality by taking some positive action.

If you visualize and then actualize your way to success,
you can live your dreams.

SUCCESS IS A DOOR YOU WALK THROUGH.

You move towards success, it doesn't come to you.
The golden opportunity you are seeking lies within you.
It is not in your surroundings.
It is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in you alone.

Opportunities are all around you.
They are developed by applying persistence to your possibilities.
And if the door of opportunity is closed,
you must keep on knocking on it,
and keep on knocking on it until it opens.

Be an opener of doors.....

THERE IS ALWAYS A GOOD SIDE.

View every problem as an opportunity. There is a good side to every situation. Everything depends on the way you look at things.

The optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity. A pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. The optimist sees the doughnut, the pessimist the hole.

Develop success from failure. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. No elements can do so much for you if you are willing to study them and make capital out of them.

When it is dark enough you can see the stars.

IT TAKES PERSISTENCE TO REACH A GOAL.

Keep trying is the rule that must be followed
to become successful in anything.

Your success in anything is connected with action.
Keep moving towards your goal.
You'll make mistakes but don't quit.
You may even have to hang on after others have let go.

Persistence means taking pains
to overcome every obstacle,
to do all that's necessary to reach your goal.

In the end, the only people who fail are those that do not try.
All great achievement takes time.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

Nothing happens by itself.
Success will all come your way,
once you understand that you have to make it come your way,
by your own efforts.

Only you can hold yourself back,
only you can stand in your own way,
Only you can help yourself.
You must set your own standards.

Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility.
Your life will always be to a large extent what you make of it.

There is no one to stop you but yourself.

A GOOD SYSTEM SHORTENS THE ROAD TO YOUR GOAL.

Your success will be determined on the drawing board.
All you need is a plan, a road map,
and the courage to press on to your destination.
Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done,
for at all times it is better to have a method.

Planning is bringing your future into the present
so you can do something about it now.
Find a good system and it will shorten the road to your goal.

Divide your movements into easy to do sections.
If you fail, divide again.

You can't get lost on a straight road.

WHEN YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN, YOU CAN.

What you impress upon your mind, you inevitably become.
It is a psychological law that whatever you desire to accomplish
you must first impress upon your subconscious mind.

Your inner thoughts, can cause you to be rich or poor,
loved or unloved, happy or unhappy,
attractive or unattractive, powerful or weak.

Relentless, repetitive self talk is what changes your self image.
You affect your subconscious mind with verbal repetition.
Constant repetition carries conviction.

When you change your values you change your behavior.
Start thinking of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.

What you conceive yourself to be, you become.

WANTING TO WIN IS EVERYTHING.

Success is connected with continuous action.
It is largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
You're not finished when you're defeated, you're finished when you quit.
The most important quality essential to success is perseverance.
It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

You may have a fresh start any moment you choose,
for that which is called "failure" is not in the falling down,
but in the staying down.
It's never over until it's over.

If you've got the courage to stick it out,
you're going to make it.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to is.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

DON'T BELIEVE IN MIRACLES, DEPEND ON THEM.

You don't need an explanation for everything.
Recognize that there are such things as miracles,
events for which there are no explanations.
Later, knowledge may explain those events quite easily.

The fact that you can plant a seed and it becomes a flower,
share a bit of knowledge and it becomes anothers,
smile at someone and receive a smile in return are common miracles.

Your duty to yourself is to believe
that for which you have sufficient evidence,
and to suspend your judgement when you have not.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Some things have to be believed to be seen.
Vision is the art of seeing invisible things.

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS ALL THE TIME.

The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong,
for time and chance happen to everyone.
Take a second look at what appears to be someone's "good luck".
You'll find not luck but preparation, planning and success-producing thinking.

Opportunity is around you all the time,
but you have to be ready for it.
When your chance comes,
you must have the equipment to take advantage of it.

When you are prepared for opportunity,
your chance for success is sure to come.
The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
The tide of opportunity comes to everyone.

SUCCESS IS WAITING FOR YOU.

There are no age limits on when you can transform your life.
Change is possible at any time.
It is essential if you want to grow.

The doubts you'll experience along the way are part of life.
Make a plan for your success and stick to it.
Your life is a marathon, not a short sprint.
Accept total responsibility for your actions
and remove "QUIT" from your vocabulary.

You have control over your life.
Success or failure is up to you.
You control how lucky you are.
You create your wealth with your effort.

Decide you want success and it can be yours.
Success is always your choice.

IT'S POSSIBLE TO LIVE YOUR DREAMS.

First think about what you want. The beginning is always in your imagination. Then organize your thoughts into definitive plans. Next it's time to transform your thoughts into reality by taking some positive action.

Your mind is your mental workshop. You can build anything in it that you want.

Visualize in your mind what you want. See it, feel it, taste it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build.

Visualize then actualize your success.

EXPECT SUCCESS AND IT IS YOURS.

Set your goals high. You'll find that when you expect good things to happen, strangely enough, they will happen. Your expectation energizes your goals and gives them momentum. Your life will always respond to your outlook.

You must first expect to succeed if you want to succeed. And you can't expect to succeed beyond your wildest expectations unless you begin with some pretty wild expectations.

The dreams you choose to believe in come to be. When you believe something good can happen, it does.

Success is a matter of expectation.

SUCCESS IS YOUR CHOICE.

Your success is not a matter of chance;
it is a matter of your choice.
It is not something you wait for,
but rather something you achieve with effort over time.
Things don't turn up in this world until you turn them up.

You can choose to be lazy or you can choose to be ambitious.
Stop to think about your choice again.
You always do your own choosing.

When you realize what you really want,
it stops you from chasing rainbows and puts you to work digging gold.
Decide now that you really want to achieve your goals.
Doors open when you're honest with yourself.

If you really want to succeed in this world,
look for the circumstances you want,
and, if you can't find them, make them.
Your opportunities for success are all around you.
If you look hard enough, you will find them.

The great opportunity in your life is where you are right now.
Every situation, properly perceived,
can become an opportunity for you.

First say to yourself what you would be,
then do what you have to do.
Success is right in front of you.

EXPECT SUCCESS AND IT IS YOURS.

Set your goals high.
You'll find that when you expect good things to happen,
strangely enough, they will happen.
Your expectation energizes your goals and gives them momentum.
Your life will always respond to your outlook.

You must first expect to succeed if you want to succeed.
And you can't expect to succeed beyond your wildest expectations
unless you begin with some pretty wild expectations.

The dreams you choose to believe in come to be.
When you believe something good can happen, it does.

Success is a matter of expectation.

SUCCESS BEGINS IN YOUR MIND.

Your mind always sets your limits.
If you believe that you can do something, you can do it.
You must believe in it one hundred percent.

What you believe yourself to be, you are.
Your self image prescribes the limits for the accomplishment of your goals.
It prescribes the "area of the possible" for you.

Self-esteem is the strongest single factor in prosperity consciousness:
believing you can do it, believing you deserve it,
believing you will get it.
If you want success,
start thinking of yourself as a success.

The feelings must come first from within you.
If you actually feel rich, if you have a deep inner conviction
that you will always have all that you need, it will be so.

It's all in your mind. What you see is what you get.

REALITY IS SOMETHING YOU RISE ABOVE.

You are more important than your problems.
You are bigger than anything that can happen to you.

Courage is a special kind of knowledge:
the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared
and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.

True courage is the result of reasoning.
A brave mind is always impregnable.

Great things are accomplished when you believe
that what's inside of you is superior to your circumstances.
What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.

Nothing external to you has power over you.