You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them.
ORISON SWETT MARDENUnless 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.
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All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
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Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
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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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We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.
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To think you can creates the force that can.
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Learn From Yesterday, Live for Today, hope for tomorrow.
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If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself.
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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 stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.
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A good system shortens the road to the goal.
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He can who thinks he can, and he can’t who thinks he can’t.
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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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Our thoughts and imaginations are the only real limits to our possibilities.
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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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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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