Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
ORISON SWETT MARDENEvery 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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A good system shortens the road to the goal.
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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.
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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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The successful men of today are men of one overmastering idea, one unwavering aim, men of single and intense purpose.
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There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.
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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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Just make up your mind at the very outset that your work is going to stand for quality… that you are going to stamp a superior quality upon everything that goes out of your hands, that whatever you do shall bear the hallmark of excellence.
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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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The golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.’
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Find your purpose and fling your life out to it. Find a way or make one. Try with all your might. Self-made or never made.
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We lend power to the things we fear!
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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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Conquer yourself and you can conquer everything else.
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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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There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.
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