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Orison Swett Marden

(1848–1924) Physician Writer United States

396 quotes in 1142 categories

Orison Swett Marden’s 396 sayings serve as a steady dose of encouragement. His focus on personal success and inner confidence provides a clear roadmap for anyone seeking to cultivate a purposeful mindset.

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Orison Swett Marden was a physician writer from the United States.

Quick Facts About Orison Swett Marden

Born: June 11, 1848
Died: March 10, 1924
Nationality: United States
Profession: Physician Writer
Notable works: Pushing to the front: or, Success under difficulties; a book of inspiration and encouragement to all who are struggling for self-elevation along the paths of knowledge and of duty

About Orison Swett Marden

Dr. Orison Swett Marden (1848–1924) was an American inspirational author who wrote about achieving success in life and founded Success magazine in 1897. His writings discussed principles and virtues which Marden argued would make for a successful life through adoption of the New Thought philosophy.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

Be larger than your task.

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Confidence

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A will finds a way.

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Deed

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Doing common things uncommonly well.

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Common

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No man fails who does his best.

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Best

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There is no medicine like hope ...

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Hope

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“Desire is prayer.”

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Desire

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We lend power to the things we fear!

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Fear

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We lift ourselves by our thought.

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Funny

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Good cheer is a great lubricant; it oils all of life's machinery.

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Cheer

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Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.

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Believe

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“Why do we allow anticipated joys to blind us to those that are close by”

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Blind

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Without continuous effort there cannot be continuous achievement.

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Achievement

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What we sincerely believe regarding ourselves is true for us.

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Belief

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Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe.

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Christian inspirational

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The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart.

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Cannot

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“and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.”

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Happiness

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“Every discovery in science and art, is due to the trained power of seeing things ... Keep your eyes open, your ears…

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Art

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

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Dauntless

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Find your purpose and fling your life out to it. Find a way or make one. Try with all your might. Self-made…

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Fling

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We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.

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Generosity

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We can give our smiles, our encouragement, our sympathy to someone who needs them every day of the year.

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Days of the year

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Make it a life-rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands. Stamp it with your manhood. Let superiority be…

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Excellence

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

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Comedy

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Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular…

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Confined

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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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Ambition

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To have done no man a wrong...to walk and live, unseduced, within arm's length of what is not your own, with nothing…

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Arms

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Real happiness is so simple that most people do not recognize it. It is derived from the simplest, the quietest, the most…

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Happiness

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Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate…

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Clouds

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“Every time we do wrong, every time we depart from the truth, every time we commit a dishonest, unworthy act, do a…

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Doubt

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“If a man purposely does me wrong,” a Buddhist says, “I will return him my ungrudging love; the more evil comes from…

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Buddhism

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“Your suspicion attracts suspicion. Jealousy brings more jealousy, hate more hate, just as love brings love to meet it, as friendliness brings…

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Jealousy

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The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance,…

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Chance

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“WHATEVER THE SOUL IS TAUGHT to expect, that it will build. Our heart longings, our soul aspirations, are something more than mere…

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Aspirations

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“The great trouble with all of us who are struggling with unhappy or unfortunate conditions is that we have separated ourselves in…

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Law of attraction

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“Did you ever realize that it is possible to read in your face and manner the record of your thoughts; that your…

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Psychology

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“Some people get along beautifully, for half a lifetime, perhaps, while everything goes smoothly. While they are accumulating property and gaining friends…

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Business

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“Time is money. We should not be stingy or mean with it, but we should not throw away an hour any more…

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Money

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“Fear and doubt, discouragement and worry are always found together. They belong to the same family, and work for the same end…

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Discouragement

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“The human mind is happiest when it is most active in performing the functions which it was intended to perform. One of…

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Doing things

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“There is somebody not far from you at this moment, my doubting, discouraged friend, who could step into your place and command…

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Friendship

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Orison Swett Marden by topic

Life (70) Men (50) Success (49) Inspirational (36) Psychology (32) Happiness (28) Failure (26) Time (23) Opportunity (22) Money (21) World (19) Love (19) Greatness (19) Philosophy of Mind (17) Character (16) Nature (15) Ifs (15) Fear (15) Wealth (13) People (13) Mind (13) Habits (13) Effort (13) Dreams (13) Way (12)