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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. "

Orison Swett Marden

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" Life is a great university for the unfolding of the mind, for developing character. In choosing our life work, when we are free to choose, we should remember this, and choose that which will call the biggest man or woman out of us and not that from which we can coin the most dollars. "

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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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" 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

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

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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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" 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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" Strength of will is the test of a young man's possibilities. Can he will strong enough and hold whatever he undertakes with an iron grip? "

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

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" Sweeter than the perfume of roses is a reputation for a kind, charitable, unselfish nature; a ready disposition to do to others any good turn in your power. "

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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 ability to cultivate friends is a powerful aid to success. It is capital which will stand by one when panics come, when banks fail, when business concerns go to the wall. "

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" Just try the effect of putting beauty into your life, a little every day. You will find it magical. It will broaden and light up your outlook upon the world as the acquisition of money or fame never can. "

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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. "

Orison Swett Marden

" 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. "

Orison Swett Marden

" Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances. "

Orison Swett Marden

" Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work. "

Orison Swett Marden

" 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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" Wanted: a man who is larger than his calling, who considers it a low estimate of his occupation to value it merely as a means of getting a living. "

Orison Swett Marden

" There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow. "

Orison Swett Marden

" 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. "

Orison Swett Marden

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

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" Our dreaming capacity gives us a peep into the glorious realities that await us further on. It is the evidence of things possible to us. "

Orison Swett Marden

" When God calls a man to be upright and pure and generous, he also calls him to be intelligent and skillful, and strong and brave. "

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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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" Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire. "

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" Every man must play the part of his ambition. If you are trying to be a successful man, you must play the part. "

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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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" Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds. "

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