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Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful.
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All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.
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The great thing is the start -- to see an opportunity for service, and to start doing it, even though in the beginning you serve but a single customer -- and him for nothing.
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Once in motion, a pattern tends to stay in motion.
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Lest he should wander irretrievably from the right path, he stands still.
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Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.
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Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
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Fix'd like a plan on his peculiar spot, to draw nutrition, propagate, and rot.
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You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.
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The natural law of inertia: Matter will remain at rest or continue in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force.
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That's why many fail -- because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
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The first step is the hardest.
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Once you're moving you can keep moving.
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