“If you want to remain calm and peaceful as you go through life, you have to have high intention and low attachment. You do everything you can to create your desired outcomes, and then you let it go. Sometimes you don’t get the intended result by the date that you want. That is life. You just keep moving in the direction of your goal until you get there. Sometimes the universe has other plans, and often they are better than the ones you had in mind. That is why I recommend adding the phrase “this or something better” to the end of your affirmations.”
― The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
― The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
“Every emotion in the universe exists for a purpose; nothing is superfluous in nature’s design.”
― Scion of Ikshvaku
― Scion of Ikshvaku
“If you are going to be a winner, you have to acknowledge the truth—it is you who took the actions, thought the thoughts, created the feelings, and made the choices that got you to where you now are. It was you!”
― The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
― The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
“A relationship is not just for fun, it is also about trust and acknowledge that you can depend on your partner. Relationships based on passion and excitement do not last.”
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“To study history means to search for and discover the forces that are the causes of those results which appear before our eyes as historical events. The art of reading and studying consists in remembering the essentials and forgetting what is inessential.”
― Mein Kampf: The Stalag Edition
― Mein Kampf: The Stalag Edition
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