Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.

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Deliver me from all evildoers that talk nothing but sickness and failure. Grant me the companionship of men who think success and men who work for it. Loan me associates who cheerfully face the problems of a day and try hard to overcome them. Relieve me of all cynics and critics. Give me good health and the strength to be of real service to the world, and I'll get all that's good for me, and will what's left to those who want it.

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Experience and enthusiasm are two fine business attributes seldom found in one individual.

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Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.

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Giving advice isn't as risky as people say. Few ever take it anyway.

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Pure and simple, any person who is enjoying life is a success.

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Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.

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One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.

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Successful salesmen, authors, executives and workmen of every sort need patience. The great liability of youth is not inexperience but impatience.

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Most of us expect too much from others and not enough from ourselves.

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