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" No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece. "

Orison Swett Marden

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" Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day. "

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" We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be. "

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" You will never succeed while smarting under the drudgery of your occupation, if you are constantly haunted with the idea that you could succeed better in something else. "

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" In order to keep himself at the top of his condition, to obtain complete mastery of all his powers and possibilities, a man must be good to himself mentally; he must think well of himself. "

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" Open eyes will discover opportunities everywhere; open ears will never fail to detect the cries of those who are perishing for assistance; open hearts will never want for worthy objects upon which to bestow their gifts; open hands will never lack for noble work to do. "

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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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" 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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" A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements. "

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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. "

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" We are all the products of our own thoughts. Whatever we concentrate upon, that we are. "

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" Nearly all the great improvements, discoveries, inventions, and achievements which have elevated and blessed humanity have been the triumphs of enthusiasm. "

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" If a thing seems to you worth working for at all, if it appears to you of moment enough to challenge any effort, then put into what you do all the enthusiasm of which you are capable, regardless of criticism. "

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" There is nothing in this world which men desire and struggle for, and that is good for them, of which there is not enough for everybody. "

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" No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation. "

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" All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers. "

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" Do not give up your dream because it is apparently not being realized, because you cannot see it coming true. Cling to your vision with all the tenacity you can muster. Keep it bright; do not let the bread-and-butter side of life cloud your ideal or dim it. "

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" Many a man owes his advancement very largely to his ability to converse well. The ability to interest people in your conversation, to hold them, is a great power. "

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" There is inestimable blessing in a cheerful spirit. When the soul throws its windows wide open, letting in the sunshine, and presenting to all who see it the evidence of its gladness, it is not only happy, but it has an unspeakable power of doing good. "

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" Our thoughts and imagination are the only real limits to our possibilities. "

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" No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price. "

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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. "

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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 true doctrine is that labor - systematic, effective, congenial labor - is not only a necessity, but is the source of the highest enjoyment. "

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" Golden opportunities are nothing to laziness, but industry makes the commonest chances golden. "

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" It is just as important to set apart time for the development of our aesthetic faculties as for cultivating the money-getting instinct. A man cannot live by bread alone. His higher life demands an impalpable food. "

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" More men are ruined by underestimating the value of money than by overestimating it. Let us, then, abandon the affectation of despising money, and frankly own its value. "

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" Every young man or woman should weigh the matter well before concluding that a college education is out of the question. "

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