Orison Swett Marden quotes

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. (Orison Swett Marden)
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. View quote
Orison Swett Marden
Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. View quote
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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. View quote
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A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements. View quote
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Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it. View quote
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You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them. View quote
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Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them. View quote
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 been given him. This is success, and there is no other. View quote
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All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers. View quote
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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, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone. (Orison Swett Marden)
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow. View quote
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Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. View quote
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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success. (Orison Swett Marden)
We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be. View quote
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You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing. View quote
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Power gravitates to the man who knows how. View quote
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No man fails who does his best. View quote
Orison Swett Marden