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

Orison Swett Marden

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" Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. "

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" No man can stand still; the moment progress is not made, retrogression begins. If the blade is not kept sharp and bright, the law of rust will assert its claim. "

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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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" It is the hopeful, buoyant, cheerful attitude of mind that wins. Optimism is a success builder; pessimism an achievement killer. "

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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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" You are never to allow a shadow of doubt to enter your mind that the Creator intended you to win in life's battle. "

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" It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind. "

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" Whatever you do, don't discourage your dreaming propensity. Your heart's desires are not empty vaporings. They foreshadow possible realities. Man was made to aspire, to look upward. "

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" If we hold the poverty thought, the penury thought, the thought of lack, we cannot demonstrate abundance. We must hold the plenty thought if we would reach plenty. "

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

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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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" One should live between extravagance and meanness. Don't save money by starving your mind. It is false economy never to take a holiday, or never to spend money for an evening's amusement or for a useful book. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor. "

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

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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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" With five chances on each hand and one unwavering aim, no boy, however poor, need despair. There is bread and success for every youth under the American flag who has energy and ability to seize his opportunity. "

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" The most irresistible charm of youth is its bubbling enthusiasm. Youth sees no darkness ahead - no defile that has no outlet - it forgets that there is such a thing as failure in the world and believes that mankind has been waiting all these centuries for him to come and be the liberator of truth and energy and beauty. "

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" It is the idle man, not the great worker, who is always complaining that he has no time or opportunity. "

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

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" Economize in other things if you must, wear threadbare clothes if necessary, but never cheat your body or brain by the quality and quantity of your food. Poor, cheap food which produces low vitality and inferior brain force is the worst kind of economy. "

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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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" Charm of personality is a divine gift that sways the strongest characters and sometimes even controls the destinies of nations. "

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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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" Nothing that the mind of man can conceive is impossible. "

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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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