The secret of happiness is in a cheerful, contented mind. He is poor who is dissatisfied; he is rich who is contented with what he has, and can enjoy what others own.
ORISON SWETT MARDENPeople do not realise the immense value of utilising spare minutes.
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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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The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
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We lend power to the things we fear!
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How can I develop myself into the grandest possible manhood?
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What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.
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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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Most men fail, not through lack of education or agreeable personal qualities, but from lack of dogged determination, from lack of dauntless will.
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Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities.
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What are stumbling blocks and defeat to the weak and vacillating are but stepping stones to victory to the determined soul.
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Absorb knowledge from every possible source and opportunity. Power gravitates to the man who knows how and why.
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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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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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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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The successful men of today are men of one overmastering idea, one unwavering aim, men of single and intense purpose.
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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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