Put the uncommon effort into the common task… make it large by doing it in a great way.
ORISON SWETT MARDENPeople do not realise the immense value of utilising spare minutes.
More Orison Swett Marden Quotes
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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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Our 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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Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them… they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.
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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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There is no law by which one can, as long as he thinks he can’t.
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To think you can creates the force that can.
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No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.
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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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All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
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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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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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How can I develop myself into the grandest possible manhood?
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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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The best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere.
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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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