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

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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" 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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" The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.' "

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" We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest. "

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" True economy means the wisest expenditure of what we have, everything considered, looking at it from the broadest standpoint. It is not a good thing to save a nickel at the expenditure of twenty-five cents' worth of time. "

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" One can make no better investment than the cultivation of a taste for the beautiful, for it will bring rainbow hues and enduring joys to the whole life. It will not only greatly increase one's capacity for happiness, but also one's efficiency. "

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

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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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" There is not a single indication in man's wonderful mechanism that he was created for a life of poverty. There is something larger and grander for him in the divine plan than perpetual slavery to the bread-winning problem. "

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" The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other. "

Orison Swett Marden

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

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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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" 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

" Your expectations opens or closes the doors of your supply, If you expect grand things, and work honestly for them, they will come to you, your supply will correspond with your expectation. "

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" Unless generosity of spirit prevails among men, there can never be upon earth an ideal life. "

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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 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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" Our visions are the plans of the possible life structure, but they will end in plans if we do not follow them up with a vigorous effort to make them real, just as the architect's plans will end in his drawings if they are not followed up and made real by the builder. "

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" The great aim of your life should be to keep your powers up to the highest possible standard, to so conserve your energies, guard your health, that you can make every occasion a great occasion. "

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" There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become. "

Orison Swett Marden

" The achievements of willpower are almost beyond computation. Scarcely anything seems impossible to the man who can will strongly enough and long enough. "

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" Every youth owes it to himself and to the world to make the most possible out of the stuff that is in him. "

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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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" 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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" There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King. "

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

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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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" Circumstances have rarely favored great men. A lowly beginning is no bar to a great career. The boy who works his way through college may have a hard time of it, but he will learn how to work his way in life, and will usually take higher rank in school and in after life than his classmate who is the son of a millionaire. "

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