Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.
ORISON SWETT MARDENMake it a life-rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands. Stamp it with your manhood. Let superiority be your trademark.
More Orison Swett Marden Quotes
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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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A good system shortens the road to the goal.
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If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself.
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Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.
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Good cheer is a great lubricant; it oils all of life’s machinery.
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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 lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.
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When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, this is happiness, this is success.
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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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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
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How can I develop myself into the grandest possible manhood?
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There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.
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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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The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.
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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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