Every experience in life, everything with which we have come in contact in life, is a chisel which has been cutting away at our life statue, molding, modifying, shaping it. We are part of all we have met. Everything we have seen, heard, felt or thought has had its hand in molding us, shaping us.

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ORISON SWETT MARDEN One should live between extravagance and meanness. Don't save money by starving your mind. It is...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN 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...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN There is not a single indication in man's wonderful mechanism that he was created for a life of ...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all ...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN Circumstances have rarely favored great men. A lowly beginning is no bar to a great career. The boy ...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and e...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN 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 ...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN Regard every suggestion that your life may be a failure, that you are not made like those who succee...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man's being
ORISON SWETT MARDEN 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.''
ORISON SWETT MARDEN 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
ORISON SWETT MARDEN But how shall I get ideas? ''Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Thi...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN 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...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN Opportunities? They are all around us. There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observ...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN Most of us are at war with ourselves, are our own worst enemies. We expect a great deal of ourselves...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN Form the habit early in life of leaving your business at the store or wherever you may be employed. ...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN 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...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN 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.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN 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...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Every experience in life, everything with which we have come in contact in life, is a chisel which has been cutting away at our life statue, molding, modifying, shaping it. We are part of all we have met. Everything we have seen, heard, felt or thought has had its hand in molding us, shaping us.

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