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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.

“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

All Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

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

— Orison Swett Marden

Great

“No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Success

“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

“Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.”

— 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 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

“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

“The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'”

— Orison Swett Marden

Business

“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

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

— 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

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

— Orison Swett Marden

Motivational

“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

“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

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

— Orison Swett Marden

Gardening

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

— Orison Swett Marden

Great

“When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead. No need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar our progress. We cannot take more than one step at a time.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Time

“The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Best

“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

“Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Sympathy