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Wanted, a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say “No,” though all the world say “Yes.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who gets on in the world.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden Put the uncommon effort into the common task… make it large by doing it in a great way.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden 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.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself?
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden Learn From Yesterday, Live for Today, hope for tomorrow.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden Absorb knowledge from every possible source and opportunity. Power gravitates to the man who knows how and why.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden 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.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden We lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden Our thoughts and imaginations are the only real limits to our possibilities.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden A woman who is self-reliant, positive, optimistic, and undertakes her work with the assurance of success magnetizes her condition. She draws to herself the creative powers of the universe.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden The secret of happiness is in a cheerful, contented mind. He is poor who is dissatisfied; he is rich who is contented with what he has, and can enjoy what others own.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
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How strange that our hearts heal from the same thing that broke it -love.
Cailin HargreavesCailin Hargreaves The peak of intensity is numbness not emotionless.
Anamika GargAnamika Garg She is everything and nothing at all.
Ava NicoleAva Nicole She built her castle at rock bottom.
Harriet SelinaHarriet Selina Keep growing into yourself.
Sophia JoanSophia Joan They tell you to be grateful for what you have. But you are also allowed to be sad for what you have lost.
Sabina LauraSabina Laura what the sky is to a bird is like a dream for a dreamer.
Safna SulaimanSafna Sulaiman The Red Rose on my grave shows once I was in love.
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People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke In the book of life every page has two sides: we human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes and wishes, but providence writes on the other side, and what it ordains is seldom our goal.
Nizami GanjaviNizami Ganjavi That’s what art is for me. It helps you maintain hope by giving you the ability to either create outside your reality, or to describe your reality.
Afeni ShakurAfeni Shakur In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future.
StendhalStendhal In the hour of adversity be not without hope, for crystal rain falls from black clouds.
Nizami GanjaviNizami Ganjavi I’m not a method actor; I hope you know that!
Jason StathamJason Statham Try to believe that still within you are flowers left to bloom.
Alexandra Heather FossAlexandra Heather Foss I hope you could see how blind people see the world with their imaginations.
RamesesRameses
