Dr. Frankl also wrote, “Fear makes come true that which one is afraid of.” Even if it only comes true in the imagination, we must experience the tort… - Earl Nightingale

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Dr. Frankl also wrote, “Fear makes come true that which one is afraid of.” Even if it only comes true in the imagination, we must experience the tortures of that which we fear — tortures that are, as often as not, worse than those that might actually come to pass in our lives. It’s why the old line “A coward dies a thousand deaths; a brave man dies but once” is really true.

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About Earl Nightingale

Earl Nightingale V (March 12, 1921 – March 25, 1989) was an American radio speaker and author, dealing mostly with the subjects of human character development, motivation, and meaningful existence. He was the voice during the early 1950s of Sky King, the hero of a radio adventure series, and was a WGN radio program host from 1950 to 1956. Nightingale was the author of The Strangest Secret, which economist Terry Savage has termed "…one of the great motivational books of all time."

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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!

All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.

One time I heard Grove Patterson, the great late editor-in-chief of The Toledo Blade, make a speech, and as he concluded his speech he said something I’ve never forgotten. He said, “My years in the newspaper business have convinced me of several things, among them that people are basically good and that we came from someplace and we’re going someplace, so we should make our time here an exciting adventure. The architect of the universe didn’t build a stairway leading nowhere.

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