Orison Swett
Orison Swett
education opportunity preparation
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.
men play balance
Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man's being.
wall past everyday
You know from past experiences that whenever you have been driven to the wall, or thought you were, you have extricated yourself in a way which you never would have dreamed possible had you not been put to the test. The trouble is that in your everyday life you don't go deep enough to tap the divine mind within you.
attitude world whole
You will find the whole world will change to you when you change your attitude toward it.
Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.
effort excellence progression
Aspiration lifts the life; groveling lowers it. When we are striving for excellence in everything we do the entire life grows and expands, but if we allow our standards to drop, there is a natural progression that follows, a tendency for a downward effort in all that we do thereafter.
inspirational dream life-and-love
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.
pay-the-price pay corners
No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
world woe enough
Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe.
garden soil harvest
It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.
inspirational motivational positive
Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.
inspiring fundraising giving
The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
self-esteem vision higher
We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.
inspirational success graduation
Opportunities? They are all around us ... There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.