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The Power of Patience

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
— Johann von Schiller

The secret of patience is to do something else in the meantime.
— Anonymous

The wayside of business is full of brilliant men who started out with a spurt, and lacked the stamina to finish. Their places were taken by patient and unshowy plodders who never knew when to quit.
— J.R. Todd

Patience and time do more than strength and passion.
— Jean de la Fontaine

Patience is not simply “teeth-clenched” endurance. It is an attitude of expectation. The farmer patiently watches his barren ground because he knows there will be results. He has patience in his labors because there will be products of his labor. So it is in the spiritual realm. God knows the final product of what is happening to us, and he would have us link patience to our faith.
— Billy Graham

The Power of Sacrifice

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If you desire to accomplish little, sacrifice little. But if you want to accomplish great things, sacrifice much.
— John Maxwell

I like to think of sacrifice as being an investment in the future, rather than an irreplaceable loss.
— Mary Lou Retton

For a person who leads a spiritual life, self-sacrifice brings a bliss that far transcends the pleasure of a person who lives by the self-indulgent satisfaction of his animal passions.
— Leo Tolstoy

Mental toughness is singleness of purpose and, once you have agreed upon the price that you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to forget that price. It enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent’s pressure and the temporary failures.
— Vince Lombardi

Letting Go of the Past

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You can’t live in the past. If you try, it prevents you from doing anything constructive today to build a better tomorrow for yourself and your family.
— Pat Williams

Regardless of your past, your future is a clean slate.
— Anonymous

You can’t change what happened yesterday no matter how hard you try, so don’t spend time worrying about it.
— Pat Williams

Should-haves solve nothing. It’s the next thing to happen that needs thinking about.
— Alexandra Ripley

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as fast as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day is all that is good and fair. It is too dear with hopes and invitations to waste a moment on the yesterdays.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Help From Others

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One sign of maturity is knowing when to ask for help.
— Dennis Wholey

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulder of giants.
— Sir Isaac Newton

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.
— Andrew Carnegie

Associate with those who help you believe in yourself.
— Brooks Robinson

No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.
— Brian Tracy

How to Set Goals

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Think big; start small.
— Patricia Fripp

Beware of undertaking too much at the start. Be content with quite a little. Allow for accidents. Allow for human nature, especially your own.
— Arnold Bennett

You have to set goals that are almost out of reach. If you set a goal that is attainable without much work or thought, you are stuck with something below your true talent and potential.
— Steve Covey

Set your goals high enough to inspire you and low enough to encourage you.
— Anonymous

The mistake many people make is setting their expectations too low. Then they fail to mobilize all their talents and resources – which, in turn, lowers their self-regard and level of achievement. Resilient people access their full potential by setting clear goals that will expand their expectations.
— Roger Crawford

Benefit from Failure

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The turning point at which you begin to attain success is usually defined by some form of defeat or failure.
— Napoleon Hill

It’s impossible to fail without having been partially successful. You did succeed at overcoming the fear of getting started.
— Robert Schuller

The fear of failure is infinitely greater than failure. Failure gets me up earlier the next morning than success. If you get right back to work, yesterday’s pain becomes today’s inspiration.
— Neil Simon

Those who try and fail are much wiser than those who never try for fear of failure.
— André Bustanoby

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Power of a Plan

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Your future is a direct derivative of the plans you place in motion today.
— T.D. Jakes

We honor God when we think big, when we pray big, when we plan big.
— Bill Bright

Once you have written your plan, read it aloud to yourself at least once every day. This fuels your obsession and reinforces its nature in your mind.
— Napoleon Hill

Those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness.
— Proverbs 14:22

Every plan may not be flawless and may require adjustments as you go along, but even the weakest plan forces the planner to prepare. And when you prepare you will be better able to handle the inevitable and unforeseeable bumps on the road toward your goal.
— T.D. Jakes