The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.
ORISON SWETT MARDENJust 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.
More Orison Swett Marden Quotes
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We lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.
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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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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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We lend power to the things we fear!
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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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Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.
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Our thoughts and imaginations are the only real limits to our possibilities.
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People do not realise the immense value of utilising spare minutes.
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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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There is no medicine like hope.
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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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Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
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A good system shortens the road to the goal.
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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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Every 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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