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Orison Swett Marden

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.

-Orison Swett Marden

alone

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.

-Orison Swett Marden

alone

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others it is in yourself alone.

-Orison Swett Marden

alone

There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.

-Orison Swett Marden

best

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.

-Orison Swett Marden

best

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

best

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.

-Orison Swett Marden

best

No man fails who does his best.

-Orison Swett Marden

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.

-Orison Swett Marden

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.

-Orison Swett Marden

business

The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'

-Orison Swett Marden

business

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.

-Orison Swett Marden

courage

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.

-Orison Swett Marden

courage

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.

-Orison Swett Marden

courage

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.

-Orison Swett Marden

failure

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.

-Orison Swett Marden

failure

It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

-Orison Swett Marden

gardening

There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.

-Orison Swett Marden

good

Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.

-Orison Swett Marden

good

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.

-Orison Swett Marden

good

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

great

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

-Orison Swett Marden

great

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

-Orison Swett Marden

great

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

-Orison Swett Marden

great

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.

-Orison Swett Marden

great

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.

-Orison Swett Marden

great

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.

-Orison Swett Marden

great

Many a man 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

great

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.

-Orison Swett Marden

great

Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.

-Orison Swett Marden

great

Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.

-Orison Swett Marden

great

What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?

-Orison Swett Marden

home

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

-Orison Swett Marden

hope

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

-Orison Swett Marden

imagination

Our thoughts and imagination are the only real limits to our possibilities.

-Orison Swett Marden

imagination

Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.

-Orison Swett Marden

knowledge

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Orison Swett Marden

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.

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others it is in yourself alone.

There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.

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.

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.'

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.

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.

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.

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.

Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.

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.

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

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.

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.

Many a man 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.

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.

Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.

Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.

What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

Our thoughts and imagination are the only real limits to our possibilities.

Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.

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