But how shall I get ideas? ”Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind – Act!
ORISON SWETT MARDENBut how shall I get ideas? ”Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind – Act!
ORISON SWETT MARDENThe Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.
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 MARDENAll 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 MARDENAll men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
ORISON SWETT MARDENOur destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.
ORISON SWETT MARDENWe cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.
ORISON SWETT MARDENWe lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.
ORISON SWETT MARDENWhat keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.
ORISON SWETT MARDENMost of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
ORISON SWETT MARDENGood cheer is a great lubricant; it oils all of life’s machinery.
ORISON SWETT MARDENBelieve with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.
ORISON SWETT MARDENObstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.
ORISON SWETT MARDENSuccess 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 MARDENPeople do not realise the immense value of utilising spare minutes.
ORISON SWETT MARDENIt is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who gets on in the world.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN