A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires.
ORISON SWETT MARDENTalk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe.
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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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There is no medicine like hope.
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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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Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.
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Conquer yourself and you can conquer everything 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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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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Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up.
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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
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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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Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being.
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Make it a life-rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands. Stamp it with your manhood. Let superiority be your trademark.
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Good cheer is a great lubricant; it oils all of life’s machinery.
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A good system shortens the road to the goal.
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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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