Winners compare their ...

Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people.
Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people.
 Nido R Qubein

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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
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Don't settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That's your location, it's not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.
Everything in your life, every experience, every relationship is a mirror of the mental pattern that is going on inside of you.

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Motivation without mobilization means only frustration.
 Nido R Qubein
If what you're working for really matters, you'll give it all you've got.
 Nido R Qubein
When a goal matters enough to a person, that person will find a way to accomplish what at first seemed impossible.
 Nido R Qubein
Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
 Nido R Qubein
The trouble with many plans is that they are based on the way things are now. To be successful, your personal plan must focus on what you want, not what you have.
 Nido R Qubein