The best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere.
ORISON SWETT MARDENWe lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.
More Orison Swett Marden Quotes
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All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
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Our thoughts and imaginations are the only real limits to our possibilities.
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No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
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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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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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The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best.
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Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them… they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.
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Your expectations opens or closes the doors of your supply, If you expect grand things, and work honestly for them, they will come to you, your supply will correspond with your expectation.
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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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Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel.
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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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We lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.
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Opportunities? They are all around us There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.
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Worry clogs the brain and paralyzes the thought. A troubled brain can not think clearly, vigorously, locally.
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You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them.
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