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Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man's being.
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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Medical Writer
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Physician Writer
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New Hampshire
United States
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There is no law by which one can, as long as he thinks he can't.
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The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best.
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The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.
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Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.
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There's no grander sight in the world than that of a person fired with a great purpose, dominated by one unwavering aim.
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There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.
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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.
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Poverty often hides her charms under an ugly mask yet thousands have been forced into greatness by their very struggle to keep the wolf from the door.
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There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.
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There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.
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To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.
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All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
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Be larger than your task.
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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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Make every occasion a great occasion, for you can never tell who may be taking your measure for a higher place.
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