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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.

Orison Swett Marden

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

Choice Himself Man Repeat Slave
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.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Confidence Courage Failure King Lost Man Respect
How can I develop myself into the grandest possible manhood?
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Development Man Myself Possible
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.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Alone Chance Environment Gold Opportunity Yourself
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 MARDEN

Failure Himself Measurement
We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Generosity Harvest Order Production
A woman who is self-reliant, positive, optimistic, and undertakes her work with the assurance of success magnetizes her condition. She draws to herself the creative powers of the universe.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Creative Herself Positive Universe Woman Work
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
Worry clogs the brain and paralyzes the thought. A troubled brain can not think clearly, vigorously, locally.
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Brain Local Thinking Trouble Worry
Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
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Man Opportunity Wait Weakness
Absorb knowledge from every possible source and opportunity. Power gravitates to the man who knows how and why.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Gravitation Knowledge Possible Power Source
Unless 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.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Chance Education Greatness Preparation Profit 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
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.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Enjoyment Happiness Himself Mindset Secret
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.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Afraid Individual Lose Man Talk World
Conquer yourself and you can conquer everything else.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Conquer Control Power Yourself

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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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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