Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThere 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.
More Orison Swett Marden Quotes
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Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe.
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Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
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All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
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Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.
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We lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.
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Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities.
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All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
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The beginning of a habit is like an invisible thread, but every time we repeat the act we strengthen the strand, add to it another filament, until it becomes a great cable and binds us irrevocably thought and act.
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No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
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People do not realise the immense value of utilising spare minutes.
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What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.
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Just make up your mind at the very outset that your work is going to stand for quality… that you are going to stamp a superior quality upon everything that goes out of your hands, that whatever you do shall bear the hallmark of excellence.
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Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.
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We lend power to the things we fear!
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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.
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