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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.

“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

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All Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

“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

“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Courage

“Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.”

— Orison Swett Marden

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“No man fails who does his best.”

— Orison Swett Marden

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“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

Alone

“What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?”

— Orison Swett Marden

Home

“There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Courage

“There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Best

“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

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

“Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Work

“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

“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

“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 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

“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

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

— Orison Swett Marden

Motivational

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

— Orison Swett Marden

Imagination

“There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Courage

“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