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"God in His perfect wisdom gave you power to control only one thing in the entire universe, and that is you."
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"One must say, be in charge of your fucking feelings and keep your mouth shut."
"Start to exercise a firm control over what influences your experiences before situations control you."
"It is much easier to concentrate the mind on external things, than to concentrate on the mind itself. For example, a Neuroscientist can be the smartest man (or woman) on earth in his understanding of the human mind. He may know all the neurochemical changes underlying an outrageous behavior of a person. But when he gets mad himself, very little of his own scientific intellect would actually come in handy for him to control his rage. The virtue of self-control is a skill, which requires practice, regardless of all the neurobiological expertise in the world."
"Discipline your sexuality for it has the proclivity to cause a productivity that can influence now and posterity."
"You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control."
"Limitations can be reasonably expanded. We are constantly challenging our limitations. But a hobbled mind is not going anywhere."
"Don't try to control yourself, just learn to monitor your thoughts."
"If you are covetous, you are a prisoner: If you are greedy, you will never be filled."
"Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests."
"Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness."
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"The greatest weapon you have, and the one that will see you through anything, is a settled determination that you will achieve your dream."
"People who achieve the greatest success are the people who have the most fun getting there."
"Always remember that the lessons you learn in life are never meant just for you. They are like all our gifts, they are meant to be used and shared, never horded and hidden."
"I believe that when a person has hope in the future, believe in their ability to achieve and understand that God made them for a purpose, then they will, in the end, and achieve great things."
"Our attitude will determine what we will strive for, whom we will be, and how our life will turn out."
"Asking questions is not a matter of weakness or of being uninformed. In fact, people who ask a lot of questions tend to achieve more and learn more than those who do not."
"There is nothing better in the whole world than to know you have set a goal and achieved it."
"Stop making excuses of why you can't or how hard it is and start making your life matter."
"Each person has the potential to be good and productive, yet I also know that many people never begin to tap their true potential. It is human nature to surrender to the lowest common denominator. We must purposely strive to move ahead and achieve."
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