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We lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.

Orison Swett Marden

It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Easy Ourselves Willing
We lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.
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Ourselves Thinking Vision
We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.
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Ourselves Rise Standard Thinking
Good cheer is a great lubricant; it oils all of life’s machinery.
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Goodness Greatness Life Machine
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.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Afraid Animal Eyes Obstacle Wild Yourself
You will find the whole world will change to you when you change your attitude toward it.
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Attitude World Yourself
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.
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Greatness Hope Medicine Tomorrow
To think you can creates the force that can.
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Creation Force Thinking Yourself
This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself?
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Lost Man Material Test Yourself
Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.
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Believe Heart Yourself
All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
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Achievement Dreams Greatness Man
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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Chance Education Greatness Preparation Profit Yourself
The best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere.
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Atmosphere Best Breathe High Plane Purity
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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Afraid Individual Lose Man Talk World
People do not realise the immense value of utilising spare minutes.
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People Time Value Worth
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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Alone Chance Environment Gold Opportunity Yourself

We lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.

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