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Begin where you are work where you are the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities.
Orison Swett Marden
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Orison Swett Marden
Age: 75 †
Born: 1848
Born: June 11
Died: 1924
Died: March 10
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New Hampshire
United States
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Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed pay the price and it is yours.
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The wearer of smiles and the bearer of a kindly disposition needs no introduction, but is welcome anywhere.
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Worry clogs the brain and paralyzes the thought. A troubled brain can not think clearly, vigorously, locally.
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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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The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.
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Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young.
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A man will remain a rag-picker as long as he has only the vision of a rag-picker.
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