Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThere is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.
More Orison Swett Marden Quotes
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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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The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.
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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
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Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.
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Make it a life-rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands. Stamp it with your manhood. Let superiority be your trademark.
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Absorb knowledge from every possible source and opportunity. Power gravitates to the man who knows how and why.
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He can who thinks he can, and he can’t who thinks he can’t.
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Good cheer is a great lubricant; it oils all of life’s machinery.
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Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up.
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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 best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere.
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How can I develop myself into the grandest possible manhood?
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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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People do not realise the immense value of utilising spare minutes.
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