Orison Swett Marden

Analyzing what you haven’t got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.

Orison Swett Marden

And above all, study, study, study ! All the genius in the world will not help you along with any art unless you become a hard student.

Orison Swett Marden

Anybody can work when everything goes smoothly, when there is nothing to trouble him; but a man must be made of the right kind of stuff who can rise above the things which harass and handicap the weak, and do his work in spite of them. Indeed, this is the test of greatness.

Orison Swett Marden

Character is power, and is the best advertisement in the world.

Orison Swett Marden

Character: the grandest thing in the world.

Orison Swett Marden

Charm of personality is a divine gift that sways the strongest characters and sometimes even controls the destinies of nations.

Orison Swett Marden

Defeats and failures are great developers of character. They have made the giants of our race by giving titanic muscles, brawny sinews, and far-reaching intellects.

Orison Swett Marden

Do not give up your dream because it is apparently not being realized, because you cannot see it coming true. Cling to your vision with all the tenacity you can muster. Keep it bright; do not let the bread-and-butter side of life cloud your ideal or dim it.

Orison Swett Marden

Every time we do wrong, every time we depart from the truth, every time we commit a dishonest, unworthy act, do a mean, contemptible thing, we lessen the omnipotent grip upon us, and then we become a prey to all sorts of fears, apprehensions, dreads, and doubts.

Orison Swett Marden

Every young man or woman should weigh the matter well before concluding that a college education is out of the question.

Orison Swett Marden