Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them. "
Orison Swett Marden
Obstacles
Walk
Through
Related Quotes:
" Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work. "
Orison Swett Marden
True
Character
People
" Our visions are the plans of the possible life structure, but they will end in plans if we do not follow them up with a vigorous effort to make them real, just as the architect's plans will end in his drawings if they are not followed up and made real by the builder. "
Orison Swett Marden
Life
End
Effort
" Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action. "
Orison Swett Marden
Deep
Man
Dwell
" The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements. "
Orison Swett Marden
Me
Success
Chaos
" In order to keep himself at the top of his condition, to obtain complete mastery of all his powers and possibilities, a man must be good to himself mentally; he must think well of himself. "
Orison Swett Marden
Top
Possibilities
Man
" No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece. "
Orison Swett Marden
Earth
Yourself
Power
" The great aim of your life should be to keep your powers up to the highest possible standard, to so conserve your energies, guard your health, that you can make every occasion a great occasion. "
Orison Swett Marden
Life
Aim
Great
" We are all the products of our own thoughts. Whatever we concentrate upon, that we are. "
Orison Swett Marden
Thoughts
Whatever
Our
" If a thing seems to you worth working for at all, if it appears to you of moment enough to challenge any effort, then put into what you do all the enthusiasm of which you are capable, regardless of criticism. "
Orison Swett Marden
Moment
Challenge
Criticism
" There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands. "
Orison Swett Marden
Rest
Power
Best
" Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness. "
Orison Swett Marden
Yourself
You
Happiness
" If you would make the most of yourself, cut away all of your vitality sappers; get rid of everything which hampers you and holds you back, everything which wastes your energy, cuts down your working capital. Get freedom at any cost. "
Orison Swett Marden
You
Freedom
Energy
" 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. "
Orison Swett Marden
Day
Character
Life
" 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. "
Orison Swett Marden
Man
Low
Living
" The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone. "
Orison Swett Marden
Yourself
Alone
Wisdom
" Strength of will is the test of a young man's possibilities. Can he will strong enough and hold whatever he undertakes with an iron grip? "
Orison Swett Marden
Test
Man
Strength
" Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it. "
Orison Swett Marden
Yourself
Chance
Great
" When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all that constitutes a man, then we find that there is something in a man's life greater than his occupation or his achievements; grander than acquisition or wealth; higher than genius; more enduring than fame. "
Orison Swett Marden
Wealth
Man
Character
" Regard every suggestion that your life may be a failure, that you are not made like those who succeed, and that success is not for you, as a traitor, and expel it from your mind as you would a thief from your house. "
Orison Swett Marden
Succeed
Mind
Failure
" No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation. "
Orison Swett Marden
Today
Business
Succeed
" 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. "
Orison Swett Marden
Money
Eyes
Opportunity
" Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. "
Orison Swett Marden
Strong
Men
Weak
" Most of us are at war with ourselves, are our own worst enemies. We expect a great deal of ourselves, yet we do not put ourselves in a condition to achieve great things. We are either too indulgent to our bodies, or we are not indulgent enough. "
Orison Swett Marden
Enough
Great
Great Things
" Sweeter than the perfume of roses is a reputation for a kind, charitable, unselfish nature; a ready disposition to do to others any good turn in your power. "
Orison Swett Marden
Roses
Good
Nature
" More men are ruined by underestimating the value of money than by overestimating it. Let us, then, abandon the affectation of despising money, and frankly own its value. "
Orison Swett Marden
Value
Men
Own
" The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling. "
Orison Swett Marden
Waste
Trying
Life
" When God calls a man to be upright and pure and generous, he also calls him to be intelligent and skillful, and strong and brave. "
Orison Swett Marden
God
Brave
Man
" Never allow yourself to dwell upon your weaknesses, deficiencies, or failures. Holding firmly the ideal and struggling vigorously to attain it will help you to realize it. "
Orison Swett Marden
Realize
Yourself
You
" The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. "
Orison Swett Marden
Universe
Lesson
Man
" We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be. "
Orison Swett Marden
Destiny
Long
Possible