There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThe Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.
More Orison Swett Marden Quotes
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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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No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
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We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.
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Put the uncommon effort into the common task… make it large by doing it in a great way.
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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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All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
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Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.
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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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We lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.
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Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe.
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Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being.
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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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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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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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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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