Orison Swett Marden
Orison Swett Marden
Dr. Orison Swett Mardenwas an American inspirational author who wrote about achieving success in life and founded SUCCESS magazine in 1897. His writings discuss common-sense principles and virtues that make for a well-rounded, successful life. Many of his ideas are based on New Thought philosophy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
honesty character doe
There is something greater than wealth, grander even than fame - manhood, character, stand for success... nothing else really does.
struggle greatness doors
Poverty often hides her charms under an ugly mask; yet thousands have been forced into greatness by their very struggle to keep the wolf from the door.
successful men vaccines
The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor.
cheer oil machinery
Good cheer is a great lubricant; it oils all of life's machinery.
fate destiny mouths
They may well fear fate who have any infirmity of habit or aim: but they who rest on what is have a destiny beyond destiny, and can make mouths of fortune.
cutting men race
The moment man cuts himself off from living connection with the human race and its needs, he begins to die from poor circulation.
confidence battle half
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.
men law desire
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 and its gratification but the invisible law of rectitude-this is to be a man.
optimism tears done
Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up.
life simple simplicity
The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.
men ideas will-and-determination
The world makes way for the man with an idea.
procrastination rocks sea
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 waits for the sea to come to him. If it does not come, he remains where he is and dies, although the slightest effort would enable him to reach the waves, which are perhaps within a yard of him. The world is full of human lobsters; people stranded on the rocks of indecision and procrastination, who, instead of putting forth their own energies, are waiting for some grand billow of good fortune to set them afloat.
success perseverance children
Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.
art real today
If we get the good that belongs to us here and now, we must extract the sweetness of each passing minute while it is ours. That is the real art of living in the today.