The formula for achieving ...

The formula for achieving middle-class success is simple: Finish high school; don\'t have a child before the age of 20; and get married before having the child.
The formula for achieving middle-class success is simple: Finish high school; don't have a child before the age of 20; and get married before having the child.
 Larry Elder

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You have to have the service mentality in the sense that you subjugate your own ego, and you subjugate a large part of your own life to really helping other people, being successful on their behalf.
 Herb Kelleher
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

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A goal without a plan is just a wish.
 Larry Elder
Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.
 Larry Elder
America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to.
 Larry Elder
The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide.
 Larry Elder
People value and spend their money more wisely when they acquire it by their own efforts - also known as work.
 Larry Elder