Orison Swett Marden

The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor.

— Orison Swett Marden

The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of the weak.

— Orison Swett Marden

What we do for a living does not matter as much as how we do it.

— Orison Swett Marden

Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

— Orison Swett Marden

It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.

— Orison Swett Marden

“Real happiness cannot be bribed by anything sordid or low.”

— Orison Swett Marden

There is no law by which one can, as long as he thinks he can't.

— Orison Swett Marden

Our thoughts and imagination are the only real limits to our possibilities.

— Orison Swett Marden

Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may…

— Orison Swett Marden

“You will never get any higher than your vision and your faith in that vision.”

— Orison Swett Marden

“It is the juices of youth, the joy and gladness carried along through the busy years that make old age tolerable.”

— Orison Swett Marden

You will find the whole world will change to you when you change your attitude toward it.

— Orison Swett Marden

“No one is mocked with the yearning for that which they have no ability to attain.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Let us open up our natures, throw wide the doors of our hearts and let in the sunshine of good will and…

— Orison Swett Marden

There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.

— Orison Swett Marden

Character is a mark cut upon something, and this indelible mark determines the only true value of all people and all their…

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Wanted, a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who…

— Orison Swett Marden

The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has…

— Orison Swett Marden

When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead.…

— Orison Swett Marden

“I am success. Though hungry, cold, ill-clad, I wander for a while, and I smile and say: ‘It is but for a…

— Orison Swett Marden

What a great discrepancy there is between men and the results they achieve! It is due to the difference in their power…

— Orison Swett Marden

“It is said that "long livers are great hopers." If you keep your hope bright in spite of discouragements, and meet all…

— Orison Swett Marden

“The tonic of success is a marvelous producer as well as stimulant. By the law of mental magnetism one success attracts another,…

— Orison Swett Marden

There can be no life which does not contain something to be grateful for, and the habit of gratitude is one of…

— Orison Swett Marden

“We are just beginning to see the wonderful scientific truth in the philosophy which tells us to love our enemies, because if…

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We cannot separate our lives from time. Why is it that we are so extravagant, so thoughtless, in our waste of time,…

— Orison Swett Marden

“You cannot defeat a strong man who believes in himself. He cannot be pushed down, cannot be ridiculed down, talked down, or…

— Orison Swett Marden

“No, there is no failure for the man who realizes his power, who never knows when he is beaten; there is no…

— Orison Swett Marden

Life is not mean, it is grand; if it is mean to any, he or she makes it so. God made it…

— Orison Swett Marden

“Every conquest in our work, in our lives, adds to our strength, gives us new power, because it gives additional self-confidence. It…

— Orison Swett Marden

“The time will come when human drones will be ostracized from society as nobodies, as thieves of honest men's efforts, thieves of…

— Orison Swett Marden

Who can estimate the real wealth that inheres in a fine character. . . . How base and mean money and huge…

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Superiority - doing things a little better than anybody else can do them.

— Orison Swett Marden

No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.

— Orison Swett Marden

We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.

— Orison Swett Marden

Ambition is the incentive that makes purpose GREAT and ACHIEVEMENT greater!

— Orison Swett Marden

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

— Orison Swett Marden

“freely ye have received, freely give.”

— Orison Swett Marden

“The disgrace is not in falling, but in not rising every time you fall.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

— Orison Swett Marden