Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThere is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.
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We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.
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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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A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires.
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Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
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The best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere.
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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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The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.
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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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Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.
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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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Most men fail, not through lack of education or agreeable personal qualities, but from lack of dogged determination, from lack of dauntless will.
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Poverty often hides her charms under an ugly mask; yet thousands have been forced into greatness by their very struggle to keep the wolf from the door.
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But how shall I get ideas? ”Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind – Act!
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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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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
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