Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

“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.”

“We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.”

“It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind.”

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

“Be larger than your task.”

“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.”

“It is through cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will be derivedù”

“This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself?”

“Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them, they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.”

“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.”

“No young man starting in life could have better capital than plenty of friends. They will strengthen his credit, support him in every great effort, and make him what, unaided, he could never be. Friends of the right sort will help him more - to be happy and successful - than much money.”

“Existence without an aim, without a worthy purpose, is worse than wasted”

“The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of a weak, vacillating mind. Opportunities! Every life is full of them. Every newspaper article is an opportunity. Every client is an opportunity. Every sermon is an opportunity. Every business transaction i”

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

“We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.”

“Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of mans being”

“We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.”

“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.”

“To accomplish more, redirect your mental energy by continuously reminding yourself of all the things you do right”

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.