Orison Swett Marden
87 quotes
Biography
"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."
"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."
"Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours."
"Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day."
"A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements."
"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony."
"All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers."
"Opportunities? They are all around us ... There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it."
"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."
"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."
"There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority."
"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."
"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."
"No man fails who does his best."
"The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your 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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest."
"There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority."
"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."
"Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them."
"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."