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" Power gravitates to the man who knows how. "

Orison Swett Marden

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" There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment. "

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" Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being. "

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

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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 hand cannot reach higher than does the heart. "

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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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" 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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" He has missed the finest lesson of culture and experience who has not learned how to enjoy without owning. "

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" 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. "

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" Necessity has been a priceless spur which has helped men to perform miracles against incredible odds. "

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" It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well. "

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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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" 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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" Discouragement, fear, doubt, lack of self-confidence, are the germs which have killed the prosperity and happiness of tens of thousands of people. "

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Self-Confidence

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

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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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" Every man ultimately falls into the company with which he affiliates. And he is the strongest who draws men to himself, who creates the company; and this is through having a positive quality - courage and physical prowess. "

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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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" It pays to cultivate popularity. It doubles success possibilities, develops manhood, and builds up character. "

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" Should you be so unfortunate as to suppose you are a genius, and that 'things will come to you,' it would be well to undeceive yourself as soon as possible. Make up your mind that industry must be the price of all you obtain, and at once begin to pay down. "

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" One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred. "

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" Enthusiasm will steady the heart and strengthen the will; it will give force to the thought and nerve to the hand until what was only a possibility becomes a reality. "

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" The sort of man you will make of yourself, how you will be regarded by the world, whether people will admire and respect or despise you, whether you win the approval or the condemnation of your Maker - all this is in your own hands. "

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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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" There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us. "

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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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" If you would attract good fortune, you must get rid of doubt. As long as that stands between you and your ambition, it will be a bar that will cut you off. You must have faith. No man can make a fortune while he is convinced that he can't. "

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