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Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.

Orison Swett Marden

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.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Afraid Animal Eyes Obstacle Wild Yourself
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.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Expectation Honesty Yourself
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.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Best Hands Life Man Rule Trade Yourself
Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Build Destroy Pessimist
It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Easy Ourselves Willing
There is no law by which one can, as long as he thinks he can’t.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Himself Law Thinking
Put the uncommon effort into the common task… make it large by doing it in a great way.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Common Effort Greatness Way
We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it including the thorns.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Battle Mindset Ourselves World
There can be no life which does not contain something to be grateful for, and the habit of gratitude is one of the most powerful assets of success and happiness which can be named.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Gratitude Habit Life Name Powerful Success
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 MARDEN

Inspirational Life Purpose Try Way Yourself
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.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Encounter Measurement Struggle Success Yourself
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.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Discover Dreams Imagination Power Yourself
To think you can creates the force that can.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Creation Force Thinking Yourself
All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Achievement Dreams Greatness Man
Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Face Happiness Heart Ourselves Young
Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Enough Happiness Sad Yourself

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