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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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"This is my life... my story... my book. I will no longer let anyone else write it, nor will I apologize for the edits I make."
"Start to exercise a firm control over what influences your experiences before situations control you."
"If you are covetous, you are a prisoner: If you are greedy, you will never be filled."
"If we do not master ourselves, we will be a slave to ourselves."
"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."
"Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests."
"Do your emotions influence You or are You influenced by your emotions?"
"We often bow down to our feelings without realizing how fickle and unreliable they are."
"Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness."
"Work harder on yourself than you do on your job."
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"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."
"The fact that you are not perfect may come as a surprise to you but it is not a surprise to anyone else."
"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."
"It is amazing to see all that is going on around us and it is people of action who make it all happen."
"The best decisions are always made quickly and changed slowly, not made slowly and changed quickly."
"Writing out a goal allows us to see it in words. It creates a statement that does not change, it is something that we can go back to repeatedly for direction and clarity."
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