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Own Quotes by Orison Swett Marden
- To have done no man a wrong...to walk and live, unseduced, within arm's length of what is not your own, with nothing between your desire…
- 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…
- The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. The mountain teaches stability and grandeur;…
- We lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.
- A lobster, when left high and dry among the rock, does not have the sense enough to work his way back to the sea, but…
- We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.
- A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn…
- The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
More Own Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov