Orison Swett
Orison Swett
hope men long
As long as a man faces life hopefully, confidently, triumphantly he is not a failure
being-happy cheer sunshine
There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.
failure character race
Defeats and failures are great developers of character. They have made the giants of our race by giving Titanic muscles, brawny sinews, and far-reaching intellects.
perseverance brain energy
Money, influence, and position are nothing compared with brains, principles, energy and perseverances.
men artist average
It is just the little difference between the good and the best that makes the difference between the artist and the artisan. It is just the little touches after the average man would quit that makes the master's fame.
gratitude attitude joy
The power of material things, to bestow happiness, to bring joy into the life is tremendously exaggerated. But The right mental attitude for example gratitude that things are not worse, the trained mind the right habits of thought - lifeskills, will bring to us the best there is in the universe.
gratitude powerful grateful
There can be no life which does not contain something to be grateful for, and the habit of gratitude is one of the most powerful assets of success and happiness which can be named.
motivational ambition self-confidence
Fear is a great robber of power. It paralyzes the thinking faculties, ruins spontaneity, enthusiasm, and self confidence. It has a blighting effect upon all one's thoughts, moods, and efforts. It destroys ambition and efficiency.
motivational mother children
Many mothers make the mistake of forever looking for the bad in the child, trying to . . . uproot and drive it out. This is like trying to eject the darkness from a room without opening the shutters and letting in the light. As John Newton said, 'I cannot sweep the darkness out, but I can shine it out.'
dream inspiration world
Dreams that are realized become an inspiration for new endeavor. It is in the power to make the dream good that we find the hope of this world.
success differences people
What a great discrepancy there is between people and the results they achieve! It is due to the difference in their power of calling together all the rays of their ability, and concentrating them upon one point.
children sunshine play
Play is as necessary to the perfect development of a child as sunshine is to the perfect development of a plant.
sweet flower unusual-things
The trouble with us is that we expect too much from the great happenings, the unusual things, and we overlook the common flowers on the path of life, from which we might abstract sweets, comforts, delights.
sight purpose world
There's no grander sight in the world than that of a person fired with a great purpose, dominated by one unwavering aim.