Orison Swett Marden

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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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. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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Be larger than your task. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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A will finds a way. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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