Jack Canfield is an American author who is famous as the co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series with more than 500 million copies sold. He was born on this day, August 19 in the year 1944.

Here are my ten most inspiring words of wisdom.

“People make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.”

“To achieve major success in life, you must accept 100% responsibility for your life and results.”

“Most everything that you want is just outside your comfort zone.”

“Decide what you want, believe you can have it, believe you deserve it and believe it’s possible for you.”

“No matter how hard it seems, the longer you persist, the more likely your success.”

“If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.”

“Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them.”

“Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.”

“Comparison is the fast track to unhappiness.”

“Gratitude is the single most important ingredient to living a successful and fulfilled life.”

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