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"I talked about 12 to 18 months, and that's about reaffirming our foundation for sustained growth: getting the discipline back, getting the basics right, getting the customer focus back... so by the end of next year, I hope most of that's in place."
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"With discipline, dedication and diligence, you will achieve the goal."
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"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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"People who truly serve God embrace light, they fall in love with light, and they proclaim light, they fight with light."
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"If you cannot score just a point each day, you shall score zero points at the end of your days."
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"Self-discipline is nothing but self-consciousness."
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"To truly be better than your past self, you must practice the rule of ten thousand hours and you must invest so much time building yourself up."
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"Do not allow yourself to act according to the flesh."
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"You can do this by disciplining yourself to be selective in what you read, see, hear, say to yourself and the influence of others."
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"Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade."
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"It is better to avoid the temptation than get entangled in the sin."
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"You have got to have discipline and focus - on the customer and how you run the business."
Business


"But in terms of the code by which we go to market - it's not telling kids to supersize, we're not selling them, generally, products, in the advertising we do to them."
Selling


"I talked about 12 to 18 months, and that's about reaffirming our foundation for sustained growth: getting the discipline back, getting the basics right, getting the customer focus back... so by the end of next year, I hope most of that's in place."
Discipline


"I think this year we'll open up 900 gross, we're closing some, so the net count is lower, but the 900 are spread all over the place. Some of the closures are relocations, where you're moving it to another place in the marketplace."
Business


"Some of the analysts were saying, Now you're a cash cow, there's no growth at all, pay it all out in dividends, give me it all, you can't invest wisely."
Growth


"I think we have a great track record on being relevant, on identifying consumer trends, needs and wants."
Being


"You then get into a period a few years ago, where a lot of external factors that we didn't have anything to do with did hit, and some of them at the same time... devaluations, weak economies, you name it, in various parts of the world."
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"Ronald has had bicycle safety and safety in the home. Yes, Ronald is McDonald's, second most recognised figure after Santa Claus, and there's an element of obviously benefiting your business."
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"And so if your competitors aren't growing, if there isn't a competitive reason to grow, and you want focus and discipline to add customers to existing stores, you adjust your strategy."
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"But we had a pretty diversified portfolio of businesses around the world and things tended to offset each other. But one or two years ago, we had a lot of things happening at the same time."
Time
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