Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
ORISON SWETT MARDENA 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.
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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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The best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere.
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We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.
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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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Opportunity is often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be tuning in.
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There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.
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A good system shortens the road to the goal.
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Good cheer is a great lubricant; it oils all of life’s machinery.
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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.
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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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To think you can creates the force that can.
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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.
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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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No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
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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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