Orison Swett Marden Quotes

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

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A good system shortens the road to the goal.

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A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires.

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A will finds a way.

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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.

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

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

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Be larger than your task.

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

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Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.

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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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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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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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