Orison Swett Marden

“Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.”

“The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.”

“There is no man living who cannot do more than he thinks he can.”

“The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.”

“Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.”

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

“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.”

“A good laugh is sunshine in the house.”

“Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; powers that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.”

“We must give out the quality of our life, give it out in the work we do, in the friends we make... in the lives we live.”

“What a man does is the real test of what a man is.”

“Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man's being.”

“Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.”

“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.”

“Our destiny is not mapped out for us by some exterior power; we map it out for ourselves.”

“There can be no great success without great commitment.”

“The moment you harbor a doubt, you begin to lose.”

“To be a power in the world, you must be a power in yourself.”

“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.”

“Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.”