No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.
ORISON SWETT MARDENHe can who thinks he can, and he can’t who thinks he can’t.
More Orison Swett Marden Quotes
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Good cheer is a great lubricant; it oils all of life’s machinery.
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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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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
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Learn From Yesterday, Live for Today, hope for tomorrow.
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Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.
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Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being.
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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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Put the uncommon effort into the common task… make it large by doing it in a great way.
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All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
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There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.
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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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Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.
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Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up.
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Opportunity is often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be tuning in.
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Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
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