You will always have to live with yourself, and it is to your best interest to see that you have good company -- a clean, pure, straight, honest, upright, generous, magnanimous companion.


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What keeps so many employers back is simple unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, th...
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The universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own p...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
We lift ourselves by our thought, we climb upon our vision of ourselves. If you want to enlarge your...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
Unless you are prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridicu...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
It is just the little touches after the average man would quit that make the master's fame.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.
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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the ...
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Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and ...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent...
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When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly ...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
There are powers inside of you, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever...
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When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly ...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe.
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The glow of satisfaction which follows the consciousness of doing our level best never comes to a hu...
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Nearly all the great improvements, discoveries, inventions, and achievements which have elevated and...
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One should live between extravagance and meanness. Don't save money by starving your mind. It is...
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Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness.
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Whoever uplifts civilization is rich though he die penniless, and future generations will erect his ...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
Without this tremendous passion for power, influence, and advantage which money gives, how could nat...
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There is not a single indication in man's wonderful mechanism that he was created for a life of ...
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When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all ...
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Circumstances have rarely favored great men. A lowly beginning is no bar to a great career. The boy ...
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Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and e...
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What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the e...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
It is certain that the greatest poets, orators, statesmen and historians, men of the most brilliant ...
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Regard every suggestion that your life may be a failure, that you are not made like those who succee...
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Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man's being
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There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in ...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
The golden rule for every business man is this: ''Put yourself in your customer's place.''
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No man is beaten until his hope is annihilated, his confidence gone. As long as a man faces life hop...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and oth...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own p...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
Existence without an aim, without a worthy purpose, is worse than wasted
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But how shall I get ideas? ''Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Thi...
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Every germ of goodness will at last struggle into bloom and fruitage...true success follows every ri...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
"When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
What a great discrepancy there is between men and the results they achieve! It is due to the differe...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the b...
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Opportunities? They are all around us. There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observ...
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Most of us are at war with ourselves, are our own worst enemies. We expect a great deal of ourselves...
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Form the habit early in life of leaving your business at the store or wherever you may be employed. ...
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What is needed by him who would succeed in the highest degree possible is careful planning. He is to...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
No young man starting in life could have better capital than plenty of friends. They will strengthen...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
No one can make the most of himself until he looks upon his life as a magnificent possibility, the m...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of you...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
Celebrate your success and stand strong when adversity hits, for when the storm clouds come in, the ...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment, it is not in l...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how b...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see y...
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There is something greater than wealth, grander even than fame. Manhood and character stand for succ...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
No man fails who does his best.
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The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
Necessity has been a priceless spur which has helped men to perform miracles against incredible odds...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
History furnishes thousands of examples of men who have seized occasions to accomplish results deeme...
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