To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.
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There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.Orison Swett Marden
We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it,including the thorns.
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This is the test of your manhood How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself.
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It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind.
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Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day.
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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.
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