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If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.
Quotes from the same author
A person who does not read is no better than one cannot read.
Earl Nightingale
Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
Earl Nightingale
You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together.
Earl Nightingale
The amount of money we receive will always be in direct ratio to the demand for what we do; our ability to do it; and the difficulty in replacing us.
Earl Nightingale
Men credited with all kinds of ability, talent, brains and know how, including the ability to see into the future, frequently have nothing more than the courage to keep everlastingly at what they set out to do. They have that one great quality that is worth more than all the rest put together. They simply will not give up! When a man makes up his mind to do something then it's only a matter of time. Staying with time take bulldog persistence. This seems to be the entrance examination to success - lasting success -- of any kind!
Earl Nightingale
