Orison Swett Marden Quotes
The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.
Real happiness is so simple that most people do not recognize it. It is derived from the simplest, the quietest, the most unpretentious things in the world.
When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, this is happiness, this is success.
The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.
Paradise is here or nowhere: you must take your joy with you or you will never find it.
Opportunities? They are all around us ... There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.
The best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere.
Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities.
Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.
The wearer of smiles and the bearer of a kindly disposition needs no introduction, but is welcome anywhere.
Whatever our creed, we feel that no good deed can by any possibility go unrewarded, no evil deed unpunished.
Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.
The secret of happiness is in a cheerful, contented mind. He is poor who is dissatisfied; he is rich who is contented with what he has, and can enjoy what others own.
Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.
What are stumbling blocks and defeat to the weak and vacillating are but stepping stones to victory to the determined soul.
Worry clogs the brain and paralyzes the thought. A troubled brain can not think clearly, vigorously, locally.
Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel.
Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up.
There's no grander sight in the world than that of a person fired with a great purpose, dominated by one unwavering aim.
We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.
Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
The man who has not learned the secret of taking the drudgery out of his task by flinging his whole soul into it, has not learned the first principles of success or happiness.
But how shall I get ideas? ''Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind - Act!
Poverty often hides her charms under an ugly mask; yet thousands have been forced into greatness by their very struggle to keep the wolf from the door.
The first part of success is 'Get-to-it-iveness'; the second part of success is 'Stick-to-it-iveness'.
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.
If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place.
Keep fear out of your child's mind, as you would keep poison out of his body; for fear is the deadliest of mental poisons.
You will find the whole world will change to you when you change your attitude toward it.
One of the best strengtheners of character and developers of stamina ... is to assume the part you wish to play; to assert stoutly the possession of whatever you lack.
There is no failure for the man who realizes his power, who never knows when he is beaten; there is no failure for the determined endeavor; the unconquerable will.
The hopeful man sees success where others see failure, sunshine where others see shadows and storm.
Character is a mark cut upon something, and this indelible mark determines the only true value of all people and all their work.
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.
There can be no life which does not contain something to be grateful for, and the habit of gratitude is one of the most powerful assets of success and happiness which can be named.
Resolve that whatever you do, you will bring the whole man to it; that you will fling the whole weight of your being into it.
Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.
Every youth owes it to himself and to the world to make the most possible out of the stuff that is in him.
