Orison Swett Marden
physician writer, poet lawyer, medical writer, philosopher, writer
Read on Wikipedia1848 – 1924
All Quotes by Orison Swett Marden
“It is the hopeful, buoyant, cheerful attitude of mind that wins. Optimism is a success builder; pessimism an achievement killer.”
“There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.”
“Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.”
“A will finds a way.”
“A good system shortens the road to the goal.”
“The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.”
“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.”
“We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.”
“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.”
“No one is mocked with the yearning for that which he has no ability to attain. If he holds the right mental attitude and struggles earnestly, honestly toward his goal, he will reach it, or at least approximate to it.”
“No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.”
“Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.”
“Our thoughts and imagination are the only real limits to our possibilities.”
“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.”
“A will finds a way.”
“Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.”
“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.”
“Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.”
“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.”
“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.”
“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.”
“Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.”
“All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.”
“All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.”
“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.”
“No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.”
“The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'”
“We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.”
“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.”
“A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work. Worry upsets our whole system; work keeps it in health and order.”