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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.

Orison Swett Marden

Conquer yourself and you can conquer everything else.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Conquer Control Power Yourself
The golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.’
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Business Customer Gold Man Place Rule
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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Man Occasion Opportunity Strong Weakness Yourself
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.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Charm Greatness Poverty Struggle Time
Opportunity is often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be tuning in.
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Choice Missing Opportunity Reaction
We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it including the thorns.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Battle Mindset Ourselves World
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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Ideas Mindset Observation Yourself
He can who thinks he can, and he can’t who thinks he can’t.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Himself Inspirational Mindset Thinking
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.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Happiness Learning Man Principle Secret Soul
There is no medicine like hope.
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Hope Medicine One Liner
No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
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Himself Pay Price Success
The best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere.
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Atmosphere Best Breathe High Plane Purity
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Bold Mindset Obstacle Ourselves Walk
Your expectations opens or closes the doors of your supply, If you expect grand things, and work honestly for them, they will come to you, your supply will correspond with your expectation.
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Expectation Honesty Yourself
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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Beginning Grand Possible Time Work
Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being.
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Balance Love Man Play Work

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