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" Everybody is struggling for the good things of the world, and all the arguments to prove that they are not desirable are worse than wasted. "
Orison Swett Marden
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" Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances. "
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" One of the secrets of a successful life is to be able to hold all of our energies upon one point, to focus all of the scattered rays of the mind upon one place or thing. "
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