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" We make the world we live in and shape our own environment. "

Orison Swett Marden

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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 man who practises unselfishness, who is genuinely interested in the welfare of others, who feels it a privilege to have the power to do a fellow-creature a kindness - even though polished manners and a gracious presence may be absent - will be an elevating influence wherever he goes. "

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" Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition. "

" Give Obama a script he has made his own, and he is the motivational speaker to end all speakers. Tony Robbins cloned with Honest Abe. "

" I believe that any type of education can be great, but an education about ourselves can create something wonderful. I am a comedian, but people have called me a motivational speaker. I don't really consider myself that at all. "

" Every exit is an entry somewhere else. "

" Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. "

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" The man who would forge to the front in this competitive age must be a man of prompt and determined decision. "

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" Do whatever you do intensely. "

" A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did. "

" Don't fight the problem, decide it. "

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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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" Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. "

" One day, I got so disgusted that I sat down and wrote a list called 'Justin's list of things to do before he kicks the bucket.' I wrote it for myself and shortened it to 'Justin's Bucket List.' It was there on the wall, not as a story idea but as a motivational tool for myself, which actually ended up working pretty well. "

" After a storm comes a calm. "

" The people who influence you are the people who believe in you. "

" No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. "

" I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often. "

" Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us. "

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

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" Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.' "

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" It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. "

" When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all that constitutes a man, then we find that there is something in a man's life greater than his occupation or his achievements; grander than acquisition or wealth; higher than genius; more enduring than fame. "

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" If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place. "

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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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" You just can't beat the person who never gives up. "

" Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. "

" Form the habit early in life of leaving your business at the store or wherever you may be employed. Never carry it home to mar the peace of your family; if you do, you will soon drive out the sunshine. "

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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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" By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities. "

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