I believe that if you think ...

I believe that if you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you will hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience. This is the sure way to win victories over inner defeat. It is the way a humble person meets life or death.
 Eddie Rickenbacker

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Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life become more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievement.
 Eddie Rickenbacker