Absorb knowledge from every possible source and opportunity. Power gravitates to the man who knows how and why.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
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Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
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Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden There is no law by which one can, as long as he thinks he can’t.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden Worry clogs the brain and paralyzes the thought. A troubled brain can not think clearly, vigorously, locally.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden 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.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden 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 MardenOrison Swett Marden The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden 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.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it including the thorns.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden Opportunities? They are all around us There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden 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.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden 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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