Orison Swett
Orison Swett
thinking ideas mind
But how shall I get ideas? ''Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind - Act!
men firsts lasts
Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.
effort excellence way
Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.
nature attitude enjoy-life
You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.
success men proportion
Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel.
encouragement years giving
We can give our smiles, our encouragement, our sympathy to someone who needs them every day of the year.
happiness mind secret
The secret of happiness is in a cheerful, contented mind. He is poor who is dissatisfied; he is rich who is contented with what he has, and can enjoy what others own.
book atmosphere breathe
The best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere.
commitment weight resolve
Resolve that whatever you do, you will bring the whole man to it; that you will fling the whole weight of your being into it.
enjoyment wells
It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
men soul desire
No man can hope to accomplish anything great in this world until he throws his whole soul, flings the force of his whole life, into it. It is not enough simply to have a general desire to accomplish something. There is but one way to do that; and that is, to try to be somebody with all the concentrated energy we can muster.
motivational careers new-job
Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
pain taken men
It is certain that the greatest poets, orators, statesmen, and historians, men of the most brilliant and imposing talents, have labored as hard, if not harder, than day laborers; and that the most obvious reason why they have been superior to other men is that they have taken more pains than other men.
hands class people
People who have accomplished work worthwhile have had a very high sense of the way to do things. They have not been content with mediocrity. They have not confined themselves to the beaten tracks; they have never been satisfied to do things just as others so them, but always a little better. They always pushed things that came to their hands a little higher up, this little farther on, that counts in the quality of life's work. It is constant effort to be first-class in everything one attempts that conquers the heights of excellence.