01c. 1886 ADIt is the hopeful, buoyant, cheerful attitude of mind that wins. Optimism is a success builder; pessimism an achievement killer.Orison Swett Marden / quote ↗
02c. 1886 ADNo one is mocked with the yearning for that which he has no ability to attain. If he holds the right mental attitude and struggles earnestly, honestly toward his goal, he will reach it, or at least approximate to it.Orison Swett Marden / quote ↗
03c. 1886 ADThere 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 / quote ↗
04c. 1886 ADIf our dreams are sincere desires to achieve, not mere pipe-dreams, there is something deep within ourselves which comes out to meet them and helps to make them realities.Orison Swett Marden / quote ↗
05c. 1886 ADAchievement 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 / quote ↗
06c. 1886 ADRegard 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 / quote ↗
07c. 1886 ADThe most irresistible charm of youth is its bubbling enthusiasm. Youth sees no darkness ahead - no defile that has no outlet - it forgets that there is such a thing as failure in the world and believes that mankind has been waiting all these centuries for him to come and be the liberator of truth and energy and beauty.Orison Swett Marden / quote ↗
08c. 1886 ADForests, 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 / quote ↗
09c. 1886 ADSweeter 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 / quote ↗
10c. 1886 ADThe Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.Orison Swett Marden / quote ↗
11c. 1886 ADDon't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them.Orison Swett Marden / quote ↗
12c. 1886 ADWhen we begin to desire a thing, to yearn for it with all our hearts, we begin to establish relationship with it in proportion to the strength and persistency of our longing and intelligent effort to realize it.Orison Swett Marden / quote ↗
13c. 1886 ADStrength 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 / quote ↗
14c. 1886 ADDiscouragement, fear, doubt, lack of self-confidence, are the germs which have killed the prosperity and happiness of tens of thousands of people.Orison Swett Marden / quote ↗
15c. 1886 ADOne can make no better investment than the cultivation of a taste for the beautiful, for it will bring rainbow hues and enduring joys to the whole life. It will not only greatly increase one's capacity for happiness, but also one's efficiency.Orison Swett Marden / quote ↗
16c. 1886 ADDo not waste time dreaming of great faraway opportunities do the best you can where you are. Open your petals of power and beauty and fling out the fragrance of your life in the place that has been assigned to you.Orison Swett Marden / quote ↗
17c. 1886 ADNothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.Orison Swett Marden / quote ↗
18c. 1886 ADThere is inestimable blessing in a cheerful spirit. When the soul throws its windows wide open, letting in the sunshine, and presenting to all who see it the evidence of its gladness, it is not only happy, but it has an unspeakable power of doing good.Orison Swett Marden / quote ↗
19c. 1886 ADThe great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.Orison Swett Marden / quote ↗
20c. 1886 ADThe 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 / quote ↗
21c. 1886 ADUnless 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 / quote ↗
23c. 1886 ADSuccess 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 / quote ↗
24c. 1886 ADThere 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 / quote ↗
