Tag: wealth
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Thomas Edison: the biggest loser
“A failure establishes only this: that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.” – Bovee “Sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure.” – Donald Trump “More men fail though lack of purpose than lack of talent.” – Bill Sunday Thomas Edison probably failed more times than any other scientist/inventor of the last…
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Goals are a key to success
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ~Henry Ford Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars. ~Les Brown Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. ~Doug Larson I once read…
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Big Dreams
“He who was seated on the throne said, ‘I am making everything new!’…” (Revelation 21:5, NIV) TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria Can you remember the time when you first discovered a big dream in your heart? Maybe you were determined to excel in your career, or as a parent, or maybe you were focused…
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Reasons for failure
Napoleon Hill studied 500 extremely successful people to find out what brought about success or failure. He wrote books about this subject and they were bestsellers, many still are sold today after more than 70 years. He studied Thomas Edison, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, a US president, and many others. Here is what he found:…
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Gratitude
Sophia Loren went from rags to riches. She grew up very poor and fatherless in Italy and was wounded by shrapnel in World War 2. A film producer, Carlo Ponti, discovered her when she was 15 (later married her) and helped her rise to stardom. She is considered the number one female actress from Italy.…
Ideas for success 