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"Excessive talking about our plans and dreams lessens our energy to do what is needed to achieve them."
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"People who truly serve God embrace light, they fall in love with light, and they proclaim light, they fight with light."

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else."

"The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty."

"Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day. That is, be systematically ascetic or heroic in little unnecessary points, do every day or two something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test. So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and self-denial in unnecessary things. He will stand like a tower when everything rocks around him, and when his softer fellow-mortals are winnowed like chaff in the blast."

"Don't let your ego put you in a compromising situation. Don't allow your pride to keep you from seeking the help you need. And don't give in to your fears. Stay focused."

"Be on time! If you have a 15-minute appointment-keep it at fifteen minutes unless there is mutual agreement to continue."

"Children are the most reasonable about discipline. When they tell you not to do something, it's always because they know why."

"Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time criticizing the lives and work of others. Do what matters most to you and make a difference doing that."

"Do not indulge your weaknesses!"

"Why so eager to jump in and direct someone else's life when you can't stick to your own goals and resolutions?"
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"I believe that each of our lives has a purpose. You have something to do that is unique to you."

"Stop making excuses of why you can't or how hard it is and start making your life matter."

"The greatest weapon you have, and the one that will see you through anything, is a settled determination that you will achieve your dream."

"I can tell you without question that there is one key element that makes the difference between those who succeed and those who do not. That element is action."

"Good manners is just being respectful of others. Whether you know them or not, you should show respect for all people."

"The rules from those who are politically correct restrict what you can say to or about anything in our daily life. They tell you what to call others and what others can call you."

"Goals need to build like a fire. It starts as a flame consuming all you put into it and burns hotter and hotter the more you work at it."

"The fact that you are not perfect may come as a surprise to you but it is not a surprise to anyone else."
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