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			 The most distinguishing feature of winners is their intensity of purpose.  
	 The most distinguishing feature of winners is their intensity of purpose. 
		
 
	
			 A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.  
	 A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away. 
		
 
	
			 To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with
purpose, is to enter the ranks of those read more 
	 To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with
purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize
failure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditions
serve them, and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish
masterfully. 
		
 
	
			 There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability.
It is the ability to recognize ability.  
	 There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability.
It is the ability to recognize ability. 
		
 
	
			 Beauty is also to be found in a day's work.  
	 Beauty is also to be found in a day's work. 
		
 
	
			 Guts are a combination of confidence, courage, conviction, strength of
character, stick-to-itiveness, pugnaciousness, backbone, and intestinal
fortitude. They are mandatory read more 
	 Guts are a combination of confidence, courage, conviction, strength of
character, stick-to-itiveness, pugnaciousness, backbone, and intestinal
fortitude. They are mandatory for anyone who wants to get to and stay at
the top. 
		
 
	
			 People who want the most approval get the least and people who need
approval the least get the most.  
	 People who want the most approval get the least and people who need
approval the least get the most. 
		
 
	
			 The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born read more 
	 The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart. 
		
 
	
			 People forget how fast you did a job-but they remember how well you did
it.  
	 People forget how fast you did a job-but they remember how well you did
it.