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
inspirational leadership dont-give-up
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.
goal planning
A good system shortens the road to the goal.
strong successful men
No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.
life character careers
Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day.
destiny long failing
We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.
positive thinking inexorable
He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't.
inspirational life perseverance
There is no failure for the man who realizes his power, who never knows when he is beaten; there is no failure for the determined endeavor, the conquerable will. There is no failure for the man who gets up every time he falls, who rebounds like a rubber ball, who persists when everyone else gives up, who pushes on when everyone else turns back.
inspirational dream positive-thinking
All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
money spring insignificant-things
One penny may seem to you a very insignificant thing, but it is the small seed from which fortunes spring.
successful blow men
The giants of the race have been men of concentration, who have struck sledge-hammer blows in one place until they have accomplished their purpose. The successful men of today are men of one overmastering idea, one unwavering aim, men of single and intense purpose.
men excellence common
Great men are but common men more fully developed and ripened.
inspirational life fun
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.
character world
Character: the grandest thing in the world.
inspirational joy paradise
Paradise is here or nowhere: you must take your joy with you or you will never find it.