Quotes from Orison Swett Marden

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.

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

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

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

Every germ of goodness will at last struggle into bloom and fruitage, true success follows every right step.

Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them.

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.

Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.

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.

No man fails who does his best.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

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

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

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

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

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.

Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.

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.

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

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

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

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.

Thrift means that you should always have the best you can possibly afford, when the thing has any reference to your physical and mental health, to your growth in efficiency and power.