Orison Swett Marden Quotes
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Poverty itself is not so bad as the poverty thought. It is the conviction that we are poor and must remain so that is fatal.
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A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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Do not waste time dreaming of great faraway opportunities; do the best you can where you are. Open your petals of power and beauty and fling out the fragrance of your life in the place that has been assigned to you.
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Just try the effect of putting beauty into your life, a little every day. You will find it magical. It will broaden and light up your outlook upon the world as the acquisition of money or fame never can.
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We are all the products of our own thoughts. Whatever we concentrate upon, that we are.
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The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'
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No man can stand still; the moment progress is not made, retrogression begins. If the blade is not kept sharp and bright, the law of rust will assert its claim.
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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.
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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 out as he desires.
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There is no surer token of a little mind than to imagine that anything in the way of physical labor is dishonoring.
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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.
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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.
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Economize in other things if you must, wear threadbare clothes if necessary, but never cheat your body or brain by the quality and quantity of your food. Poor, cheap food which produces low vitality and inferior brain force is the worst kind of economy.
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The great thing in life is efficiency. If you amount to anything in the world, your time is valuable, your energy precious. They are your success capital, and you cannot afford to heedlessly throw them away or trifle with them.
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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.
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If you would make the most of yourself, never picture yourself as anything different from what you would actually be, the man or woman you long to become.
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If you are ambitious to talk well, you must be as much as possible in the society of well-bred, cultured people. If you seclude yourself, though you are a college graduate, you will be a poor converser.
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Regard every suggestion that your life may be a failure, that you are not made like those who succeed, and that success is not for you, as a traitor, and expel it from your mind as you would a thief from your house.
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There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.
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There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.
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Necessity has been a priceless spur which has helped men to perform miracles against incredible odds.
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It is the idle man, not the great worker, who is always complaining that he has no time or opportunity.
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Our thoughts and imagination are the only real limits to our possibilities.