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...
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CountryUnited States of America
men perfect waking
The divine injunction to be perfect, even as He is perfect, was not given man to mock him. The possibility of our waking in His likeness is literally true.
angel journey men
There is a legend that when God was equipping man for his long life journey of exploration, the attendant good angel was about to add the gift of contentment and complete satisfaction. The Creator stayed his hand and said, 'No, if you bestow that upon him you will rob him forever of all joy of self-discovery.'
opportunity men race
Even the men most richly endowed with ability, education, and opportunity, even the giants of the race, after the completest life possible, feel, as they stand on the edge of the grave, that they are but human acorns with all their possibilities still in them, just beginning to sprout.
ocean ambition roots
Our thoughts are like roots which reach out in every direction into the cosmic ocean of formless energy, and these thought-roots set in motion vibrations like themselves and attract the affinities of our desires and ambitions.
work humble artist
No matter how humble your work may seem, do it in the spirit of an artist, of a master. In this way you lift it out of commonness and rob it of what would otherwise be drudgery.
men long vision
A man will remain a rag-picker as long as he has only the vision of a rag-picker.
block soul victory
What are stumbling blocks and defeat to the weak and vacillating are but stepping stones to victory to the determined soul.
mean growth mental-health
Thrift means that you should always have the best you can possibly afford, when the thing has any reference to your physical and mental health, to your growth in efficiency and power.
heart faces joyfulness
Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young.
beautiful spiritual art
Every thought which enters the mind, every word we utter, every deed we perform, makes its impression upon the inmost fiber of our being and the result of these impressions is our character. The study of books, of music, or of the fine arts is not essential to a lofty character. It rests with the worker whether a rude piece of marble shall be squared into a horse-block or carved into an Apollo, a Psyche, or a Venus di Milo. It is yours, if you choose, to develop a spiritual form more beautiful than any of these, instinct with immortal life, refulgent with all the glory of character.
development environment should
No one should voluntarily remain in an environment which prevents his development.
opportunity gone careless
Opportunity is coy, is swift, is gone, before the slow, the unobservant, the indolent, or the careless can seize her.
book character doe
The greatest advantage of books does not always come from what we remember of them, but from their suggestiveness, their character-building power.
inspirational believe journey
We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.