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.
ORISON SWETT MARDENOur destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.
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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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A good system shortens the road to the goal.
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Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel.
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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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We lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.
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No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
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The successful men of today are men of one overmastering idea, one unwavering aim, men of single and intense purpose.
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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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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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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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Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up.
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Good cheer is a great lubricant; it oils all of life’s machinery.
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It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who gets on in the world.
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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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