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There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls. ↗

— Howard Thurman

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Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

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If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

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Change yourself and your work will seem different. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

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Hey, any time you're throwing bodies over board it is to save yourself. ↗

— Lawrence Tierney

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The thing is, at the end of the day you still have to face yourself. ↗

— Dave Pelzer

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To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on. ↗

— Dave Pelzer

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Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done to prevent the situation? If the answer is yes, do something now and become a better person for it. ↗

— Dave Pelzer

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Determine to do some thinking for yourself. Don't live entirely upon the thoughts of others. Don't be an automaton. ↗

— James Cash Penney

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You have no choice as a professional chef: you have to repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat until it becomes part of yourself. I certainly don't cook the same way I did 40 years ago, but the technique remains. And that's what the student needs to learn: the technique. ↗

— Jacques Pepin

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