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.
ORISON SWETT MARDENGood cheer is a great lubricant; it oils all of life’s machinery.
More Orison Swett Marden Quotes
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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
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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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The successful men of today are men of one overmastering idea, one unwavering aim, men of single and intense purpose.
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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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Worry clogs the brain and paralyzes the thought. A troubled brain can not think clearly, vigorously, locally.
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There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.
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The golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.’
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Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up.
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The man who has not learned the secret of taking the drudgery out of his task by flinging his whole soul into it, has not learned the first principles of success or happiness.
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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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You will find the whole world will change to you when you change your attitude toward it.
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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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There is no medicine like hope.
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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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When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, this is happiness, this is success.
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