Stedman Graham Quotes

#1. When everybody has access to an avalanche of information, becoming a master thinker is very important in your life-long security.

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#2. The idea of being able to serve as an example, based upon how to process, how to think, how to realize our own dreams, we can pass that down to our children.

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#3. If you're to fulfill your vision for a better life, you must formulate a plan of action. Effective planning involves identifying and prioritizing those actions that will move you most efficiently toward your goal.

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#4. People who let events and circumstances dictate their lives are living reactively. That means that they don't act on life, they only react to it.

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#5. I'm pretty grounded on my own passion - writing books, you know, doing programs, speaking around the country. And I love what I do.

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#6. I've found that often, just when you think you've hit a wall, you experience a breakthrough that takes you to new heights in accomplishment

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#7. To pursue success effectively, you must build supportive relationships that will help you work toward your goals. To build those relationships, you need to trust others; and to earn their trust, you in turn must learn to be trustworthy ...

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#8. All your life you compare and contrast, explore and search. But knowing yourself well is, well, elusive.

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#9. If you did the same thing you did yesterday as you did today as you will do tomorrow, what have you done? The same thing.

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#10. To get where we want to go in life, we have to keep at it. We have to create a vision, make choices based on what moves us most swiftly toward our goals, and go after them with determination and single-mindedness.

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#11. I've worked in the prison system for five years, and most of those folks in prison didn't have a direction.

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#12. I'm a lucky guy. No question.

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#13. You know, you're living in a society where if you say something that you might think may be OK, when it's more sensitive to that particular culture. You have to be very, very careful.

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#14. People who consider themselves victims of their circumstances will always remain victims unless they develop a greater vision for their lives.

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#15. Understand who you are, so that you can be the same, whether you're talking to a homeless person or the president of the United States. You're the same person.

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#16. Having a vision for your life allows you to live out of hope, rather than out of your fears.

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#17. To know yourself is the first and most important step in pursuing your dreams and goals.

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#18. Everybody has 24 hours and the question is, what do you do with your 24 hours? That's what makes everybody equal.

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#19. Every day, do something that is truly important in moving you toward your goals. You must choose to invest your time in the important steps. When you take charge of your time, you take charge of your life. How you spend your time reflects your priorities.

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#20. You know, and younger people today, you know, they may not have Social Security. They may not have a pension. They may have 17 different jobs. And so they have to be - they have to, you know, establish somewhat of an ownership, you know, mentality.

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#21. Each of us can make a great difference in the lives of other people, particularly as we move along the Success Process ourselves growing in strength, gaining experience and knowledge.

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#22. I define myself by everything that I love, everything I can create, everything that I can imagine.

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#23. We make the best choices when we have invested all of our energies, our hearts, and our souls into a course of action that leads to the accomplishment of goals we are passionate about.

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#24. So while you're an athlete, and you have that platform, what you want to be able to do is make it work for you as much as possible, because there's going to be life after sports.

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#25. Sports isn't just a part of life. It's not life itself.

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#26. And whenever you encounter a problem, no matter how insurmountable it might seem, there is one simple response that should be ingrained in your behavior: Never give up.

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#27. When you have a sense of your own identity and a vision of where you want to go in your life, you then have the basis for reaching out to the world and going after your dreams for a better life.

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#28. You know and we have about 60 to 70 percent black men in prison today and it's because of the negativity they have in their own hearts.

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#29. A primary purpose for setting goals is to get you moving in the right direction. When you set goals, you have to keep them always in mind.

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#30. How can I go out there and create value?

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