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Orison Swett Marden Quotes

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

Biography

Author Profession: Writer
Nationality: American
Born: 1850
Died: 1924

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All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
Orison Swett Marden

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.
Orison Swett Marden

A will finds a way.
Orison Swett Marden

It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
Orison Swett Marden

No man fails who does his best.
Orison Swett Marden

Be larger than your task.
Orison Swett Marden

Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.
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