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“Go as far as you can see and you will see further.”

Variant: Go so far as you can see and when you get there you will always be able to see farther.
Source: See You at the Top (2000), p. 164; Variant: When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.
Context: Go so far as you can see and when you get there you will always be able to see farther. … as you head toward your goals, be prepared to make some slight adjustments to your course. You don't change your decision to go — you do change your direction to get there.

“You cannot consistently perform in a manner which is inconsistent with the way you see yourself.”

“When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.”

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

As quoted in Secrets of Superstar Speakers: Wisdom from the Greatest Motivators of Our Time (2000) by Lilly Walters, p. 96
Variant: What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

“Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.”

“Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.”

“Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people.”

“Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.”

“The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.”

As quoted in Refining Your Style : Learning from Respected Communicators (2004) by Dave Stone, p. 143

“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

As quoted in Trigger Events – How To Find Your Next Customer (2007) by Alen Majer, p. 22

“Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.”

Variant: Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.

“The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.”

“Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there”

“Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.”

Variant: Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

“Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting — in the trying, not the triumph.”

As quoted in The Subconscious Diet : It's Not What You Put in Your Mouth; It Is What You Put in Your Mind (2005) by Hugh B. Sanders, p. 104 
Context: Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting — in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard — reaching for the highest that is in us — becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.

“Failure is an event not a person”

Variant: Failing is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night.

“You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.”

“You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want.”

Secrets of Closing the Sale (1984)
Variant: You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.

“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could”

“If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.”

As quoted in The Power of Respect : Benefit from the Most Forgotten Element of Success (2009) by Deborah Norville, p. 65