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Good cheer is a great lubricant; it oils all of life’s machinery.

Orison Swett Marden

Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.
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Choice Himself Man Repeat Slave
It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
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Easy Ourselves Willing
Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.
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Believe Heart Yourself
People do not realise the immense value of utilising spare minutes.
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People Time Value Worth
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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Action Best Better Greatness Reaction
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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Generosity Harvest Order Production
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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Greatness Opportunity See World Youth
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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Block Defeat Determination Soul Victory
Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
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Man Opportunity Wait Weakness
You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them.
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Failure Himself Measurement
We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.
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Ourselves Rise Standard Thinking
Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
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Face Happiness Heart Ourselves Young
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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Excellence Hands Mindset Quality Stand
Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being.
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Balance Love Man Play Work
You will find the whole world will change to you when you change your attitude toward it.
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Attitude World Yourself
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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Accomplishment Goal Greatness Impossible Time Yourself

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