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
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.
All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
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The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
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.
Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.
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