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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. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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Every youth owes it to himself and to the world to make the most possible out of the stuff that is in him. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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We make the world we live in and shape our own environment. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. ↗

— 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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Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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