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If one is master of one thing, he has insight into and understanding of many things.
Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.
Those who do not create the future they want must endure the future they get.
Power is about what you can control. Freedom is about what you can unleash.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
Meanness doesn't happen overnight.
What gets rewarded is what gets done.
If you can't measure it, you can't manage it.
Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
The words that soak into your ears are whispered, not yelled.
It takes fewer muscles to make a Smile than it does to Frown.
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
When everything is coming your way, you may be in the wrong lane.
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
We don't know who we are until we see what we can do.
Vision plus desire equals reality.
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up.
The person who is waiting for something to turn up might start with their shirt sleeves.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams.
Life isnt a Dress Rehearsal.
A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking
Invest major time on minor things and youll end up average.
Laziness pays off now & Hard work pays off in the future!
Success is a marathon, not a sprint.
If you want the rainbow be willing to put up with the rain.
The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one.
The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Youll seldom Play better than you Practice.
Anyone can hit bottom . . . How well you bounce back.
A Reputation isnt built on what youre going to do.
The importance of our Life is measured by the impact we have on others.
A smile is a light that shows the heart is at home.
It only takes one person to change your life - YOU.
Live life based on your best Hopes and not your worst Fears.
People want the front of the plane, back of the church, center of attention.
Dont chase your Dreams, run them down.
Some people just grin and bear it while others smile and do it.
Ability gets you to the top and character keeps you there.
By risking going too far we find out how far we can go.
Always allow your Dreams to exceed your Memories.
Life is a Gift, thats why today is called the Present.
Instead of waiting for your Ship to come in, why not swim out to it.
Worry is the dark room where negatives are developed.

Revised 9/08

www.StanBillue.com

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Always keep the Child inside you alive.

If you can Dream it, you can do it.
Dont measure Life by the breaths you take but by the moments that . . .
If you'll work for the next 5 years like most people WON'T . . . you can live the rest of your Life
like most people CANT.
Attitudes are contagious. Is yours worth catching?
School is never out for the Pro.
As we go through Life, we can choose to be Frustrated or Fascinated.
Love people and Use things and don't confuse them.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.
Ambition is having enough sense not to be lazy.
A clear conscience might be the sign of a bad memory.
Borrow money from pessimists because they don't expect it back.
Half the people you know are below average.
He who throws dirt looses ground.
I owe, I owe, its off to Work I go.
Your money should work For You instead of You working For your money.
Always appreciate the Beauty around you.
Even a broken Clock is right twice a day.
If we dont know where were going, well probably end up someplace else.
Most people arent quite sure what they want from Life, however theyre pretty sure they dont
have it yet.
Keep skunks and lawyers at a distance.
A bumblebee is faster than a John Deere tractor.
Don't skinny dip with snapping turtles.
To know how country folks are doing, look at their barns, not their houses.
Teachers, Moms, and hoot owls sleep with one eye open.
Forgive your enemies because it messes with their heads.
Don't sell your mule to buy a plow.
You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar, assuming you want to catch flies.
Man is the only critter who feels the need to label things as flowers or weeds.
Most of the stuff people worry about never happens.
Its better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.
The thoughts we choose to think are the brushes & paints we use to paint the canvas of our lives.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are
difficult.
You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
You never achieve real success unless you like what you are doing.
Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your
permission.
In youth we learn . . . In age we understand.
Enthusiasm finds the opportunities and energy makes the most of them.
It takes less time to do things right than to explain why you did it wrong.
Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous while anyone
who can consistently laugh at himself does not.

86. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
87. Managers are people who do things right, and leaders are people who do the right thing.
88. Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater
benefit.
89. Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn
toward it.
90. If you love what you do, you will never work another day in your life.
91. It is Attitude, not aptitude that governs our altitude.
92. The purpose of existence is not to make a living, but to make a life.
93. A negative thought is a down payment on an obligation to fail.
94. You will seldom experience regret for anything youve done, its what you dont do that will
torment you.
95. Complaining is the refuge of those who have no self-esteem.
96. Sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side.
97. The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
98. Even a mosquito doesn't get a slap on the back, unless it's working.
99. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
100. Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and
every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.
101. Money can't buy happiness but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than a
Hyundai.
102. One person with a belief is equal to the force of 99 who have only interests.
103. The worst bankruptcy is the person who has lost enthusiasm.
104. A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing
nothing.
105. The ultimate cost of something is that amount of life you will exchange for it.
106. Imagination is more important than knowledge.
107. Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine
and at last you create what you will.
108. Everything you can imagine is real.
109. Faith means to believe that there are answers and to continue pressing on until answers arrive
or are discovered.
110. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
111. Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
112. It's never too late to be what you might have been.
113. What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.
114. The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans
to take the place of those which fail.
115. The trouble with many plans is that they are based on the way things are now. To be successful,
your personal plan must focus on what you want, not what you have.
116. There is a wonderful law of the Universe that three of the things we crave most in life,
happiness, freedom, and peace of mind, are always attained by giving them to someone else.
117. Don't join an easy crowd; we won't grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to
perform are high.
118. We should live out of our imagination, not our history.
119. The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope.

120. To attract attractive people, we must be attractive. To attract powerful people, we must be
powerful. To attract committed people, we must be committed. Instead of trying to work on
other people, we should work on ourselves. When we become, we can attract.
121. Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.
122. Its easy to make a buck. Its a lot tougher to make a difference.
123. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
124. Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.
125. Free advice is worth the price.
126. You don't stop laughing because you grow old, You grow old because you stop laughing.
127. Live out of your imagination, not your history.
128. If you don't program yourself, life will program you.
129. Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot
change anything.
130. It's not what you take but what you leave behind that defines greatness.
131. Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for
who we become.
132. If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't
complain.
133. Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do
anything with it.
134. It's not what happens to you. It's what you do with what happens to you. Attitude manifests itself
in your RESPONSE to events.
135. Hard work makes luck. Nothing affects positive circumstance and results more than hard work.
136. Resign your position as general manager of the universe. Don't try to solve (butt into) other
people's problems, until YOU are problem-free.
137. No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.
138. Forgiveness is not an emotion, it's a decision.
139. Forgive and go forward. Grudge BLOCKS positive. Until you clear the past you are destined to
repeat it.
140. Self-talk equals self-performance. Look at any athlete - self-talk is a crucial part of their
expected positive performance.
141. The best way to get started is to get started.
142. Movement always produces more results than meditation.
143. Attack life. Wait for nothing.
144. He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.
145. The future starts today (right now)... not tomorrow.
146. We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so we can have the life that is waiting for
us.
147. Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently
applying the basic fundamentals.
148. Nothing wins more than superior preparation.
149. All men are very much alike. It is their habits which separate them.
150. The will to win is nothing without the will to prepare to win.
151. People will try to rain on your parade because they have no parade of their own.
152. If you have nothing nice to say about someone, say nothing.
153. Never punish anyone . . . including yourself . . . for any mistake made out of enthusiasm.

154. If you have enough money to solve a problem . . . then you don't have a problem.
155. People treat you like you teach them to treat you.
156. It takes almost the same amount of time and energy to manage tiny projects or businesses as it
takes to manage massive ones, but the massive ones are the ones which give you massive
rewards.
157. An alert, focused, razor-sharp mind can slice through any challenge.
158. Wealth is the result of man's capacity to think.
159. If you are clear about what you want, the world responds with clarity.
160. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
161. Great love and great achievement involve great risk.
162. Failure is an event, not a person. Think of failure as "it," not "me."
163. Spend 15 minutes a day focusing on a positive picture of yourself.
164. Situations aren't important. How you react to them is.
165. The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are
moving.
166. Change your input to change your attitude.
167. If a window of opportunity appears, dont pull down the shade.
168. In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can
do is nothing.
169. You can be good at making excuses... or... you can be good at producing results. You cannot be
good at both. Only you can decide.
170. The most important choices you will ever make is how you use your time since it is the
irretrievable element.
171. Competence leads to confidence.
172. Don't interrupt, but be interruptible.
173. Leave every person feeling better for having talked to you -- they'll be happy to see you next
time.
174. Say what you mean, precisely what you mean, and only what you mean.
175. When you're thinking ahead, you can't hear what's being said.
176. Listen twice as much as you talk and others will hear twice as much of what you say.
177. You're wasting your time when you try to answer questions people are not asking.
178. To be interesting you need to be interested.
179. Pay attention to others and they will pay attention to you.
180. Self-centered people tend to monopolize the talking while secure people tend to monopolize the
listening.
181. A "monologue in duet" happens when I think up what I'm going to say while you're saying what
you thought up while I was talking.
182. Personal communication is hindered by hasty assumptions.
183. If you create tension, you get resistance. If you create trust, you get response.
184. The genius who can't communicate is intellectually impotent.
185. The leader who can't communicate can't create the conditions that motivate.
186. The organization that can't communicate can't change, and the corporation that can't change is
dead.
187. Forget your ability to think faster than another person talks -- everybody has it, but only the
foolish use it.
188. The best way to predict your future is to create it.

189. The great tragedy of life is not death, but what dies inside of us while we live.
190. Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for
who we become.
191. You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with
satisfaction.
192. Make it a habit to say nice things about yourself, to yourself. You'll find that youll like yourself
better.
193. The key to your success is to be sensitive enough to understand what other people want, and
generous enough to help them get it.
194. You were born to win, however you must plan to win, prepare to win, and then you can expect to
win.
195. Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or
not.
196. It takes great courage to faithfully follow what we know to be true.
197. Cut all ties with dishonest, negative or lazy people. This includes relatives, close friends and
even lovers. You simply cannot afford to have them in your life.
198. The first wealth is health.
199. Spend your life. Don't save it. If you do save it, you'll die a bitter, bitter person.
200. Don't dwell on (whine about) the problem; concentrate on the solution.
201. What's terrible is to pretend that the second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love
when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.
202. The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
203. Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind.
204. You cant change the Past but you can ruin the Present by worrying about the Future.
205. Everyone has beauty but not everyone sees it.
206. If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to
be thankful for.
207. Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
208. The World is like a mirror. If you face it smiling, it smiles back.
209. Dont be afraid to open your eyes so you can see tomorrow.
210. With life-long education, learning becomes a renewable resource.
211. Resolve how you can and dont lament why you can't.
212. If you have the will to win, you have achieved half your success; if you don't, you have achieved
half our failure.
213. Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.
214. Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly.
215. Just as it is essential to know the difference between working hard and working smart, so we
must understand the difference between creating something big, and creating something
meaningful.
216. It's our enemies from whom we learn the most.
217. Light a Fire within people and not under them.
218. Its easier to come up with New Ideas than to get rid of old ones.
219. Focus on the Critical Few and not the Insignificant Many.
220. The things that get Rewarded and Appreciated . . . get done.
221. What gets Measured gets Improved.
222. Dont waste your time in friction when it could be turned into momentum.

223. The mind sees pictures when it hears words. To create more emotion and to help your prospects
remember your talk, use words that create pictures and that tell a story.
224. Before we build a better Mousetrap we need to find out if there are any Mice out there.
225. Stand with your Team and not above them.
226. When patterns are broken new Worlds emerge.
227. Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
228. When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.
229. The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on
doing it.
230. Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a
thing to be achieved.
231. In each of us are places where we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do you ever find
them.
232. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.
233. A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.
234. The secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for.
235. You have to say no to the old ways before you can begin to find the new yes you need.
236. Remember that only liars swear they're telling the truth.
237. From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of always being right.
238. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
239. If you accept your limitations, you go beyond them.
240. For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.
241. Have patience . . . our Creator doesnt Pay by the Week.
242. We dont see the things the way they are. We see things the way WE are.
243. If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
244. Hard work spotlights the character of people. Some turn up their sleeves. Some turn up their
noses, Some dont turn up at all.
245. Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things.
246. Champions have both skill and will however the will must be stronger than the skill.
247. You cant meet the challenges of today with yesterdays tools and expect to be in business
tomorrow.
248. Some minds are like concrete . . . thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
249. Make all you can, save all you can and give all you can.
250. Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their
noses, and some don't turn up at all.
251. Its so easy to look Great when you are surrounding by Incompetency.
252. More people fail because of lack of purpose than do because of a lack of talent.
253. Be the Change you want to see in the World.
254. Attitudes are contagious. Are yours worth catching?
255. A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it
worth the effort.
256. Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
257. Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
258. Compromise is all right as long as you don't change your values.
259. A friend is one who knows all about you and still respects you.
260. A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

261. Help others believe in themselves and you and your Organization will thrive.
262. Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently
applying the basic fundamentals.
263. Everything you want is outside your Comfort Zone.
264. If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will settle for the ordinary.
265. Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
266. The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.
267. Why settle for Blending In when you were born to Stand Out.
268. You can point people to knowledge but you cant make them think.
269. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
270. Bad decisions make good stories.
271. Leadership is not a Position, its an Action.
272. A person with a clear purpose will make progress even on the roughest road. A person with no
purpose will make no progress on even the smoothest road.
273. Nobody ever died of a heart attack while exercising their brain.
274. Release Your Doubts. Every doubt you maintain requires your active participation and energy.
Choose to no longer participate in keeping those doubts alive.
275. Appreciate life itself, even if it is not a bed of roses. Contentment is not the fulfillment what you
wish for, but appreciation of what you have.
276. We should all create a loving environment where personal growth is expected, encouraged,
recognized, rewarded and appreciated.
277. Intelligence does not lie in the knowledge of facts but in what can be done with those facts.
278. If you dont have the strength to impose your own terms upon life, you must accept the terms it
offers you.
279. Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not
there, I go to work.
280. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands.
281. Once you choose hope, anything's possible.
282. Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
283. Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.
284. Imagination rules the world.
285. A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every
difficulty.
286. A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it
worth the effort.
287. The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
288. When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.
289. We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
290. One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching.
291. Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.
292. A healthy attitude is contagious. Dont wait to catch it . . . be a carrier.
293. Begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.
294. The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
295. When you are through changing, you are through.
296. Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the
future.

297. Take people as far as they will go, not as far as you want them to go.
298. Every life is a story . . . make yours a best seller.
299. Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning
stays young.
300. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
301. If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
302. The least deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousand fold.
303. No one ever choked swallowing his or her own pride.
304. Sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck
305. If we don't learn from our mistakes, there's no sense in making them.
306. If you think you're irreplaceable, try putting your finger in a bowl of water and observe the hole it
leaves when you take it out.
307. Failure is no more fatal than success is permanent.
308. The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible.
309. Anger is only one letter short of Danger.
310. Ideas without Action are worthless.
311. They dont pay off on effort . . . they pay off on results.
312. We are judged by what we Finish and not what we Start.
313. The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
314. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
315. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive more than once.
316. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
317. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than sitting in a garage makes you a
car.
318. Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
319. You're never too old to learn something stupid.
320. When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.
321. The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas.
322. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
322. Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others, whenever they go.
323. Peace starts with a smile.
324. The great tragedy of life is not death, but what dies inside of us while we live.
325. It takes great courage to faithfully follow what we know to be true.
326. There is always a place in the world for anyone who says; "I'll take care of it" or I can do that.
327. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
328. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
329. Forgive everyone everything.
330. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
331. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
332. Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible
for who we become.
333. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
334. What other people think of you is none of your business.
335. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
336. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
337. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful, or joyful.

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When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
Frame every so-called disaster with these words, In five years, will this matter?
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
It's so hard when you have to, and so easy when you want to.
If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
When you feel dog tired at night, it may be because you've growled all day long.
Over prepare, then go with the flow.
When everything is coming your way, you might be in the wrong lane.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
If you want the rainbow, youve got to put up with the rain.
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first and the lesson afterwards.
When a person with money meets a person with experience, the person with the experience
winds up with the money and the person with the money winds up with the experience.
Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special
occasion because today is special.
Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself.
Marriages are made in heaven. However, so are thunder, lightning, tornados and hail.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Life isn't always fair, but it still beats the alternative.
When caught between two evils, take the one you've never tried before.
Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.
People laugh because I'm different. I laugh because most of them are the same.
Life is too short to wake up with regrets.
Love the people who treat you right, forget the ones who dont.
If you get a second chance, grab onto it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it.
Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it!
Pain is inevitable however suffering is optional.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
Some people say that the World sucks. If it didnt, we would all fall off.
There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either in or out. There's no such thing
as a life in-between.
To get where you want to go, you have to be willing to step into uncertainty.
Things will turn out for the best when we make the best of the way things turn out.
Unnecessary fear of a bad decision is a major stumbling block to good decisions.
The only exercise some people get nowadays is "jumping" to conclusions, "running" down
friends, "stretching" their money and "pushing" their luck!
Perceptions determine our behavior so we should shift our focus from our actions to our
attitude.
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the
impossible.
Leaders never use the word "failure." They look upon setbacks as learning experiences.

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378. Our willingness to risk failure is the only real measure of our desire to be rich.
379. There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the
responsibility for changing them.
380. If we have a vision, nothing gets in our way. If we dont have a vision, everything gets in our
way.
381. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
382. When people are placed in positions slightly above what they expect, they are apt to excel.
383. If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.
384. The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people expect little and as a
result they get little.
385. Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
386. The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
387. The person who does more than they are paid for will soon be paid for more than they do.
388. Some people want to rain on your Parade because they dont have one of their own.
389. It's never too late to become what you could have been.
390. If you're looking for a big opportunity, look for a big challenge.
391. If you want to be heard, you must know how to listen.
392. There is no such thing as dumb questions. Only dumb people who ask questions.
393. The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the
fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
394. Prepare to Win or you have just prepared yourself to Fail.
395. Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and
make a brand new end.
396. Giving someone a piece of your mind rarely gives you peace of mind.
397. Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune.
398. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
399. Great Minds discuss Ideas and small Minds discuss People.
400. Teamwork allows common people to attain uncommon results.
401. Some people dream about success, and others wake up and do something about it.
402. Dont shrink your dreams. Super size your courage.
403. Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
404. Live, love, laugh and leave a legacy.
405. To get what we've never had, we must do what we've never done.
406. People have a way of becoming what you encourage them to be.
407. Believing in our self is an endless destination. Believing we have failed is the end of our journey.
408. Our imagination is our preview of life's coming attractions.
409. People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
410. If we live in the past, we won't have much of a future.
411. Each time we eliminate any Negatives from our life, we leave more room for Positives.
412. We werent put on Earth to Break Even. We should Break Rules, Break Records and Break
Through.
413. A true Leader does not create followers. They create more Leaders.
414. Instead of giving yourself reasons why you can't, give yourself reasons why you can.
415. We should do what we have to do so we can do what we want to do.
416. The team we build will determine the business we build.
417, An attitude of gratitude should have wide latitude.

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418. What could we accomplish if no one told us it was impossible?

419. Live out of your imagination, not your history.
420. Don't let hard times turn into end times. Let them lead to your best times.
421. The best way to sound like you know what you're talking about is to know what you're talking
about.
422. Stressed spelled backwards is Desserts.
423. A key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire, not things we fear.
424. Doing the right thing is never the wrong thing to do.
425. If you want to outsmart the competition, you have to out-think the competition.
426. When you can't afford to make a mistake, good advice is priceless.
427. We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.
428. If you really want to improve your situation, work on the one thing over which you have control,
which is yourself.
429. Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing.
430. Kind words are the music of the world.
431. Dont wait on success . . . get started without it.
432. We don't have to know everything as long as we know the people who do.
433. The person who asks may feel like a fool for five minutes, but the person who does not ask
remains a fool forever.
434. If you can't be an expert, hire an expert.
435. A person without knowledge is like a house without a foundation.
436. It's not enough to know how to do things -- you must know why you do them.
437. We are unwilling to change until the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain to change.
438. Happiness is not something you postpone for the future, its something that you design for the
present.
439. We are all self-made . . . only the successful will admit it.
440. Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will
pass anyway.
441. Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you dont keep moving forward.
442. Quit looking for Miracles. You yourself are the Miracle.
443. Do not expect Positive changes in your Life if you surround yourself with Negative people.
444. Change your thinking and you can change your life.
445. There are three constants in life . . . Change, Choice, and Principles.
446. It only takes a little spark to ignite a great fire.
447. The only way to improve any situation is to measure the one you are currently in.
448. All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
449. Don't be afraid to make a decision. Be afraid not to make a decision.
450. When a person's temper gets the best of him, it brings out the worst in him.
451. Study and prepare yourself and your opportunities will come.
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