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" If you would make the most of yourself, never picture yourself as anything different from what you would actually be, the man or woman you long to become. "

Orison Swett Marden

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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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" Most of us are at war with ourselves, are our own worst enemies. We expect a great deal of ourselves, yet we do not put ourselves in a condition to achieve great things. We are either too indulgent to our bodies, or we are not indulgent enough. "

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" If our dreams are sincere desires to achieve, not mere pipe-dreams, there is something deep within ourselves which comes out to meet them and helps to make them realities. "

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" Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career. "

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" There is no surer token of a little mind than to imagine that anything in the way of physical labor is dishonoring. "

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" History furnishes thousands of examples of men who have seized occasions to accomplish results deemed impossible by those less resolute. Prompt decision and whole-souled action sweep the world before them. "

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" What is needed by him who would succeed in the highest degree possible is careful planning. He is to accumulate reserved power, that he may be equal to all emergencies. "

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" There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands. "

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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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" Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory. "

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" No one can make the most of himself until he looks upon his life as a magnificent possibility, the materials for a great masterpiece, to mar or spoil which would be a great tragedy. "

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" He is the richest man who enriches his country most; in whom the people feel richest and proudest; who gives himself with his money; who opens the doors of opportunity widest to those about him; who is ears to the deaf, eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. "

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" What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart? "

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" The great thing in life is efficiency. If you amount to anything in the world, your time is valuable, your energy precious. They are your success capital, and you cannot afford to heedlessly throw them away or trifle with them. "

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" It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest. "

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" A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work. Worry upsets our whole system; work keeps it in health and order. "

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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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" The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements. "

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" The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling. "

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" The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment. "

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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 advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out. "

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" Never allow yourself to dwell upon your weaknesses, deficiencies, or failures. Holding firmly the ideal and struggling vigorously to attain it will help you to realize it. "

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" Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us. "

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" There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority. "

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" Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns. "

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