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A man will remain a rag-picker as long as he has only the vision of a rag-picker.
— Orison Swett Marden
When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, this is happiness, this is success.
— Orison Swett Marden
There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.
— Orison Swett Marden
It is the hopeful, buoyant, cheerful attitude of mind that wins. Optimism is a success builder; pessimism an achievement killer.
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All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
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Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.
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Good cheer is a great lubricant; it oils all of life's machinery.
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No two things differ more than Hurry and Dispatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, Dispatch of a strong one.
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We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it including the thorns.
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Be larger than your task.
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It is the idle man, not the great worker, who is always complaining that he has no time or opportunity.
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There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.
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A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
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There is something greater than wealth, grander even than fame - manhood, character, stand for success ... nothing else really does.
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The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.
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There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.
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It is every one's sacred duty to keep himself in a condition to do the biggest thing possible to him.
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A will finds a way.
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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
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If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself.
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The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
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The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor.
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Charm of personality is a divine gift that sways the strongest characters and sometimes even controls the destinies of nations.
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The true doctrine is that labor - systematic, effective, congenial labor - is not only a necessity, but is the source of the highest enjoyment.
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Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.
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Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.
— Orison Swett Marden
When the mind has once formed the habit of holding cheerful, happy, prosperous pictures, it will not be easy to form the opposite habit.
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No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
— Orison Swett Marden
We have acquired the habit of not being equal to ourselves.
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What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?
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No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
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Whoever uplifts civilization is rich though he die penniless, and future generations will erect his monument.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
— Orison Swett Marden
It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind.
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whether it is an engine or a human brain, - exercise or deteriorate is the law of life.
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Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.
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Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness.
— Orison Swett Marden
We are all the products of our own thoughts. Whatever we concentrate upon, that we are.
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Genius unexecuted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks.
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Money, influence, and position are nothing compared with brains, principles, energy and perseverances.
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Strength of will is the test of a young man's possibilities. Can he will strong enough and hold whatever he undertakes with an iron grip?
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A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.
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You will find the whole world will change to you when you change your attitude toward it.
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We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.
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Find your purpose and fling your life out to it. Find a way or make one. Try with all your might. Self-made or never made.
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And above all, study, study, study ! All the genius in the world will not help you along with any art unless you become a hard student. It
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Put the uncommon effort into the common task ... make it large by doing it in a great way.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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Whatever our creed, we feel that no good deed can by any possibility go unrewarded, no evil deed unpunished.
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We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.
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Every man must play the part of his ambition. If you are trying to be a successful man, you must play the part.
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Play is as necessary to the perfect development of a child as sunshine is to the perfect development of a plant.
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Nothing that the mind of man can conceive is impossible.
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The moment man cuts himself off from living connection with the human race and its needs, he begins to die from poor circulation.
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Every youth owes it to himself and to the world to make the most possible out of the stuff that is in him.
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Who would back you in a race While defeat is in your face?
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Ambition is the incentive that makes purpose GREAT and ACHIEVEMENT greater!
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We lift ourselves by our thought.
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I could read and walk four miles an hour.
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If someone offered to purchase a large percentage of your life power you would not think of selling it, even for a fabulous sum.
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Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
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All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
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Agassiz would not lecture at five hundred dollars a night, because he had no time to make money.
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There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.
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Power gravitates to the man who knows how.
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Love, like the sun, never sees the dark side of anything.
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Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man's being.
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This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself?
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We lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.
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What we sincerely believe regarding ourselves is true for us.
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Instead of worrying over unforeseen misfortune, set out with all your soul to rejoice in the unforeseen blessings of all your coming days.
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Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
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Resolve that you will be the master and not the slave of circumstances.
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There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.
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We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.
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The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.
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There is no surer token of a little mind than to imagine that anything in the way of physical labor is dishonoring.
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No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive, he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.
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As long as a man faces life hopefully, confidently, triumphantly he is not a failure
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Concentrate ... for the greatest achievements are reserved for the man of single aim, in whom no rival powers divide the empire of the soul.
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Why do we allow the mirage of to-morrow to keep our eyes from the beauties of to-day?
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We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.
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Golden opportunities are nothing to laziness, but industry makes the commonest chances golden.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities.
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There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.
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There is nothing in this world which men desire and struggle for, and that is good for them, of which there is not enough for everybody.
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Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.
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The man who would forge to the front in this competitive age must be a man of prompt and determined decision.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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To think you can creates the force that can.
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Great men are but common men more fully developed and ripened.
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A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everyone around us.
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The size and quality of your achievement will depend largely upon what sort of image you have of yourself at your best.
— Orison S. Marden
The moment a man ceases to progress, to grow higher, wider and deeper, then his life becomes stagnant.
— Orison S. Marden
Opportunity always looks bigger going than coming.
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The successful men of today are men of one overmastering idea, one unwavering aim, men of single and intense purpose.
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