Orison Swett Marden Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Orison Swett Marden quotes, Orison Swett Marden sayings, and Orison Swett Marden proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves. Orison Swett Marden
The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart. Orison Swett Marden
The power of material things, to bestow happiness, to bring joy into the life is tremendously exaggerated. But The right mental attitude for example gratitude that things are not worse, the trained mind the right habits of thought - lifeskills, will bring to us the best there is in the universe. Orison Swett Marden
With five chances on each hand and one unwavering aim, no boy, however poor, need despair. There is bread and success for every youth under the american flag who has energy and ability to seize his opportunity. Orison Swett Marden
The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty. Orison Swett Marden
No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece. Orison Swett Marden
The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling. Orison Swett Marden
Nothing 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
In order to keep himself at the top of his condition, to obtain complete mastery of all his powers and possibilities, a man must be good to himself mentally; he must think well of himself. Orison Swett Marden
Tact is a combination of good temper, ready wit, quickness of perception and ability to take in the exigency of the occasion instantly. Orison Swett Marden
No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price. Orison Swett Marden
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. Orison Swett Marden
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow. Orison Swett Marden
If 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
Nothing 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
Find your purpose and fling your life out to it. Find a way or make one. Try with all your might. Self-made or never made. Orison Swett Marden
Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk boldly through them. 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
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
It is like the seed put in the soil - the one sows, the greater the harvest. Orison Swett Marden
It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest. Orison Swett Marden
Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being. Orison Swett Marden
The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor. Orison Swett Marden
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
Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being. Orison Swett Marden
It is the idle man, not the great worker, who is always complaining that he has no time or opportunity. Orison Swett Marden
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
Learn From Yesterday, Live for Today, hope for tomorrow. Orison Swett Marden
The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do. Orison Swett Marden
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow. Orison Swett Marden