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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
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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Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.
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There is no law by which one can, as long as he thinks he can't.
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Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.
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Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
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We fail to see that we can control our destiny make ourselves do whatever is possible make ourselves become whatever we long to be.
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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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Many mothers make the mistake of forever looking for the bad in the child, trying to . . . uproot and drive it out. This is like trying to eject the darkness from a room without opening the shutters and letting in the light. As John Newton said, 'I cannot sweep the darkness out, but I can shine it out.'
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One penny may seem to you a very insignificant thing, but it is the small seed from which fortunes spring.
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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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The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'
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All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
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There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.
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Anybody can work when everything goes smoothly, when there is nothing to trouble him but a man must be made of the right kind of stuff who can rise above the things which harass and handicap the weak, and do his work in spite of them. Indeed, this is the test of greatness.
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Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.
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It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who gets on in the world.
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