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.
- Orison Sweet Marden Quote

Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
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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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Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
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No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.
- Orison Sweet Marden Quote

Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us.
- Orison Sweet Marden Quote

Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.
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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 golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment, it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.
- Orison Sweet Marden Quote

The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart.
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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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There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.
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We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.
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When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead. No need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar our progress. We cannot take more than one step at a time.
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