Orison Swett Marden

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.

Orison Swett Marden

Unless generosity of spirit prevails among men, there can never be upon earth an ideal life.

Orison Swett Marden

Wanted: a man who is larger than his calling, who considers it a low estimate of his occupation to value it merely as a means of getting a living.

Orison Swett Marden

We can give our smiles, our encouragement, our sympathy to someone who needs them every day of the year.

Orison Swett Marden

We can have little faith in the youth who is always crying out against his condition, and telling an incredulous world what great things he could do if his lot were different.

Orison Swett Marden

We cannot long keep from the face that which habitually lives in our minds.

Orison Swett Marden

We have acquired the habit of not being equal to ourselves.

Orison Swett Marden

We try to grasp too much of life at once; since we think of it as a whole, instead of living one day at a time. Life is a mosaic, and each tiny piece must be cut and set with skill, first one piece, then another.

Orison Swett Marden

What a great discrepancy there is between people and the results they achieve! It is due to the difference in their power of calling together all the rays of their ability, and concentrating them upon one point.

Orison Swett Marden

What is needed by him who would succeed in the highest degree possible is careful planning. He is to accumulate reserved power, that he may be equal to all emergencies.

Orison Swett Marden