One hour a day withdrawn from frivolous pursuits and profitably employed would enable any man of ordinary capacity to master a complete science. One hour a day would in ten years make an ignorant man a well-informed manIn an hour a day, a boy or girl could read twenty pages thoughtfullyover seven thousand pages, or eighteen large volumes in a year. An hour a day might make all the difference between bare existence and useful, happy living. An hour a day might makenay, has madean unknown man a famous one, a useless man a benefactor to his race.

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Orison Swett Marden was a 19th-century American writer. Dr. Orison Swett Marden (1848–1924) was an American inspirational author who wrote about achieving success in life and founded Success magazine in 1897. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Inspirational — Uplifting words to motivate and inspire positive action
  • Time — Reflections on the passage of time and how we spend it

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