Orison Swett Marden :
Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day...
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Environment
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Life and Living
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Character
Gift it
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