Effort Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

13 Effort quotes by Orison Swett Marden

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Marden’s early motivational notes stress the link between diligent work and personal achievement. These brief statements serve as a quick reminder of his timeless principle.

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To think you can creates the force that can.

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Without continuous effort there cannot be continuous achievement.

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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…

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Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.

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There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer…

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Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would…

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What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their…

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No young man starting in life could have better capital than plenty of friends. They will strengthen his credit, support him in…

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Aspiration lifts the life; groveling lowers it. When we are striving for excellence in everything we do the entire life grows and…

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Fear is a great robber of power. It paralyzes the thinking faculties, ruins spontaneity, enthusiasm, and self confidence. It has a blighting…

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You must bring every particle of your energy, unanswerable resolution, your best efforts, your persistent industry to your task or the best…

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A lobster, when left high and dry among the rock, does not have the sense enough to work his way back to…

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People who have accomplished work worthwhile have had a very high sense of the way to do things. They have not been…

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Most men fail, not through lack of education or agreeable personal qualities, but from lack of dogged determination, from lack of dauntless will.

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Something greater than wealth, grander even than fame — that manhood, character, stand for success, and that nothing else really does.

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