Quotes By Orison Swett Marden

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.

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.

It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead. No need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar our progress. We cannot take more than one step at a time.

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.

Your expectations opens or closes the doors of your supply, If you expect grand things, and work honestly for them, they will come to you, your supply will correspond with your expectation.

Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.

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

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.

There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.

No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.

Be larger than your task.

Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.

The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart.

You will never succeed while smarting under the drudgery of your occupation, if you are constantly haunted with the idea that you could succeed better in something else.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

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.

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.

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

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.

We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.

Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.

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.