No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
ORISON SWETT MARDENSuccess 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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To think you can creates the force that can.
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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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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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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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Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
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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.
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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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The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.
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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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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 best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere.
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Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.
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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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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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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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