Orison Swett Marden

We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.

Orison Swett Marden

Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Orison Swett Marden

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

Orison Swett Marden

A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work. Worry upsets our whole system; work keeps it in health and order.

Orison Swett Marden

Absorb knowledge from every possible source and opportunity. Power gravitates to the man who knows how and why.

Orison Swett Marden

All men who have achieved great things have been dreamers, and what they have accomplished has been just in proportion to the vividness, the energy and persistency with which they visualized their ideals.

Orison Swett Marden

Be larger than your task.

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

Enthusiasm will steady the heart and strengthen the will; it will give force to the thought and nerve to the hand until what was only a possibility becomes a reality.

Orison Swett Marden

Every man must play the part of his ambition. If you are trying to be a successful man, you must play the part.

Orison Swett Marden