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Orison Swett Marden

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Orison Swett Marden (1850–1924) was an American author and founder of SUCCESS magazine. Inspired by the self-help writings of Samuel Smiles, Marden became one of the pioneers of the American success movement, writing over 50 books on achievement, ambition, and the power of positive thinking.

“To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Success

All Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

“We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Motivational

“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

Great

“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Great

“The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Money

“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

Best

“Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Knowledge

“Our thoughts and imagination are the only real limits to our possibilities.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Imagination

“The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Success

“Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Nature

“It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Gardening

“Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed pay the price and it is yours.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Success

“All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Great

“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.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Good

“All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Great

“Your expectations opens or closes the doors of your supply, If you expect grand things, and work honestly for them, they will come to you, your supply will correspond with your expectation.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Work

“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

Alone

“The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Great

“The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Best

“The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Work

“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.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Nature