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.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThere is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.
More Orison Swett Marden Quotes
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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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You will find the whole world will change to you when you change your attitude toward it.
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No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
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The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.
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We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.
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But how shall I get ideas? ”Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind – Act!
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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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The golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.’
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Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up.
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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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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.
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Make it a life-rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands. Stamp it with your manhood. Let superiority be your trademark.
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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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Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
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