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The most prepared are the most dedicated.
The most prepared are the most dedicated.
Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles read more
Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence and thus each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing you to become better… or quit. Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.
No nation ever taxed itself into prosperity.
No nation ever taxed itself into prosperity.
No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and read more
No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty.
 Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have
more things, or more money, in order to read more 
 Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have
more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want to they
will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first
be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what
you want. 
I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments.
I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments.
 Sometimes the answer to prayer is not that it changes life, but that it
changes you.  
 Sometimes the answer to prayer is not that it changes life, but that it
changes you. 
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled read more
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.
Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.