We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThere is no law by which one can, as long as he thinks he can’t.
More Orison Swett Marden Quotes
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No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
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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.
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Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.
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Our thoughts and imaginations are the only real limits to our possibilities.
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All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
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He can who thinks he can, and he can’t who thinks he can’t.
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The best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere.
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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.
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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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Poverty often hides her charms under an ugly mask; yet thousands have been forced into greatness by their very struggle to keep the wolf from the door.
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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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People do not realise the immense value of utilising spare minutes.
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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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It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who gets on in the world.
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Worry clogs the brain and paralyzes the thought. A troubled brain can not think clearly, vigorously, locally.
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