"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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"Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.“
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"There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow."
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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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"Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances."
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"There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King."
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