Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
ORISON SWETT MARDENConquer yourself and you can conquer everything else.
More Orison Swett Marden Quotes
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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 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.
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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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Good cheer is a great lubricant; it oils all of life’s machinery.
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The best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere.
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What are stumbling blocks and defeat to the weak and vacillating are but stepping stones to victory to the determined soul.
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To think you can creates the force that can.
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There is no law by which one can, as long as he thinks he can’t.
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Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.
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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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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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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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Real 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.
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No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
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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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Absorb knowledge from every possible source and opportunity. Power gravitates to the man who knows how and why.
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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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Opportunity is often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be tuning in.
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Poverty often hides her charms under an ugly mask; yet thousands have been forced into greatness by their very struggle to keep the wolf from the door.
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Most men fail, not through lack of education or agreeable personal qualities, but from lack of dogged determination, from lack of dauntless will.
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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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Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
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A woman who is self-reliant, positive, optimistic, and undertakes her work with the assurance of success magnetizes her condition. She draws to herself the creative powers of the universe.
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Learn From Yesterday, Live for Today, hope for tomorrow.
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Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe.
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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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