Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel.
ORISON SWETT MARDENEvery great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel.
ORISON SWETT MARDENPut the uncommon effort into the common task… make it large by doing it in a great way.
ORISON SWETT MARDENReal 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.
ORISON SWETT MARDENBelieve with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.
ORISON SWETT MARDENWeak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
ORISON SWETT MARDENPeople do not realise the immense value of utilising spare minutes.
ORISON SWETT MARDENIt is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
ORISON SWETT MARDENJoyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
ORISON SWETT MARDENOur destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.
ORISON SWETT MARDENWe win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it including the thorns.
ORISON SWETT MARDENTalk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe.
ORISON SWETT MARDENMost 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 MARDENAll men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
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.
ORISON SWETT MARDENTo think you can creates the force that can.
ORISON SWETT MARDENMan becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.
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