Orison Swett Marden

It is just the little difference between the good and the best that makes the difference between .the artist and the artisan. It is just the little touches after the average man would quit that make the master’s fame.

Orison Swett Marden

It is the hopeful, buoyant, cheerful attitude of mind that wins. Optimism is a success builder; pessimism an achievement killer.

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

It is the ship at the wharf, not the ship at sea, that rots fastest.

Orison Swett Marden

Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us, and puts us into closer touch with what is best and brightest in our lot in life.

Orison Swett Marden

Keep fear out of your child’s mind, as you would keep poison out of his body; for fear is the deadliest of mental poisons.

Orison Swett Marden

Laughter brightens the eye, increases the perspiration, expands the chest, forces the poisoned air from the least- used lung cells, and tends to restore that exquisite poise or balance which we call health.

Orison Swett Marden

Let your air be that of a winner, of a man who is resolved to make his way in the world – to make himself stand for something.

Orison Swett Marden

Make it a life-rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands. Stamp it with your manhood. Let superiority be your trademark, let it characterize everything you touch.

Orison Swett Marden

Many a one has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.

Orison Swett Marden