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 MARDENThe 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.
More Orison Swett Marden Quotes
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Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
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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 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.
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There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.
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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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The secret of happiness is in a cheerful, contented mind. He is poor who is dissatisfied; he is rich who is contented with what he has, and can enjoy what others own.
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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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Opportunities? They are all around us There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.
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People do not realise the immense value of utilising spare minutes.
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Just make up your mind at the very outset that your work is going to stand for quality… that you are going to stamp a superior quality upon everything that goes out of your hands, that whatever you do shall bear the hallmark of excellence.
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You will find the whole world will change to you when you change your attitude toward it.
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The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.
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There is no law by which one can, as long as he thinks he can’t.
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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.
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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
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