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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

When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, this is happiness, this is success.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Feeling Happiness Man Possible Power Success
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
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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Generosity Harvest Order Production
We lend power to the things we fear!
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Fear One Liner Power
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Bold Mindset Obstacle Ourselves Walk
Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.
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Large Obstacle Small Yourself
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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Excellence Hands Mindset Quality Stand
Real happiness is so simple that most people do not recognize it. It is derived from the simplest, the quietest, the most unpretentious things in the world.
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Happiness Quiet Reality Recognition Simplicity World
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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Best Hands Life Man Rule Trade Yourself
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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Man Occasion Opportunity Strong Weakness Yourself
What are stumbling blocks and defeat to the weak and vacillating are but stepping stones to victory to the determined soul.
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Block Defeat Determination Soul Victory
How can I develop myself into the grandest possible manhood?
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Development Man Myself Possible
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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Children Perseverance Price Success Yourself
No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
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Himself Pay Price Success
Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel.
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Channel Greatness Man Power Success
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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Encounter Measurement Struggle Success Yourself

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