There is no law by which one can, as long as he thinks he can’t.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThere is no law by which one can, as long as he thinks he can’t.
ORISON SWETT MARDENSuccess is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.
ORISON SWETT MARDENYou will find the whole world will change to you when you change your attitude toward it.
ORISON SWETT MARDENWork, love and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being.
ORISON SWETT MARDENPut the uncommon effort into the common task… make it large by doing it in a great way.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThe quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThe man who has not learned the secret of taking the drudgery out of his task by flinging his whole soul into it, has not learned the first principles of success or happiness.
ORISON SWETT MARDENJoyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
ORISON SWETT MARDENNo man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThe secret of happiness is in a cheerful, contented mind. He is poor who is dissatisfied; he is rich who is contented with what he has, and can enjoy what others own.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThe golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.’
ORISON SWETT MARDENThe greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.
ORISON SWETT MARDENWe must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.
ORISON SWETT MARDENJust make up your mind at the very outset that your work is going to stand for quality… that you are going to stamp a superior quality upon everything that goes out of your hands, that whatever you do shall bear the hallmark of excellence.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThe successful men of today are men of one overmastering idea, one unwavering aim, men of single and intense purpose.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThere 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