Conquer yourself and you can conquer everything else.
ORISON SWETT MARDENObstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.
More Orison Swett Marden Quotes
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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.
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The man who has not learned the secret of taking the drudgery out of his task by flinging his whole soul into it, has not learned the first principles of success or happiness.
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There is no medicine like hope.
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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 win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it including the thorns.
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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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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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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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Opportunities? They are all around us There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.
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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.
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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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There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.
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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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Learn From Yesterday, Live for Today, hope for tomorrow.
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