Be careful the environment ...

Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
 W. Clement Stone

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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
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You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?
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No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more that pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.
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When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
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It is interesting to note that life never leaves us stranded. If life hands us a problem, it hands us also the abilities with which to meet the problem.
 W. Clement Stone