We lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThe golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.’
More Orison Swett Marden Quotes
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Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.
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What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.
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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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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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Absorb knowledge from every possible source and opportunity. Power gravitates to the man who knows how and why.
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All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
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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.
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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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No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
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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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Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up.
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The man who has not learned the secret of taking the drudgery out of his task by flinging his whole soul into it, has not learned the first principles of success or happiness.
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Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being.
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The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.
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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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