Orison Swett
Orison Swett
discover everywhere eye lying observant power waiting
Opportunities? They are all around us. There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.
bestow cries detect discover ears eyes fail hands hearts lack noble objects open work worthy
Open eyes will discover opportunities everywhere; open ears will never fail to detect the cries of those who are perishing for assistance; open hearts will never want for worthy objects upon which to bestow their gifts; open hands will never lack for noble work to do.
country eye opportunity
He is the richest man who enriches his country most; in whom the people feel richest and proudest; who gives himself with his money; who opens the doors of opportunity widest to those about him; who is ears to the deaf; eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. Such a man makes every acre of land in his community worth more, and makes richer every man who lives near him.
laughter eye air
Laughter brightens the eye, increases the perspiration, expands the chest, forces the poisoned air from the least-used cells, and tends to restore that exquisite poise or balance which we call health.
character eye men
Self-Control is the very essence of character. To be able to look a man straight in the eye, calmly and deliberately, without the slightest ruffle of temper under extreme provocation, gives a sense of power which nothing else can give. To feel that you are always, not sometimes, master of yourself, gives a dignity and strength to character, buttresses it, supports it on every side, as nothing else can. This is the culmination of thought mastery.
best passes stamp whatever
Make it a life-rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands. Stamp it with your manhood. Let superiority be your trademark.
ease effort employers keeps pay sacrifice simple
What keeps so many employers back is simple unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.
calling difference due great men point power rays results together
What a great discrepancy there is between men 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
existence wasted worse worthy
Existence without an aim, without a worthy purpose, is worse than wasted
begin crowded dreaming far grand possibilities work
Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour, which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success, may be crowded with grand possibilities
We are all the products of our own thoughts. Whatever we concentrate upon, that we are.
considers larger low man means merely occupation
Wanted: a man who is larger than his calling, who considers it a low estimate of his occupation to value it merely as a means of getting a living.
among earth ideal life men prevails spirit unless
Unless generosity of spirit prevails among men, there can never be upon earth an ideal life.
desire good men
There is nothing in this world which men desire and struggle for, and that is good for them, of which there is not enough for everybody.