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 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 MARDENThere are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThere is no medicine like hope.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThis is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself?
ORISON SWETT MARDENPeople do not realise the immense value of utilising spare minutes.
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 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 MARDENThe beginning of a habit is like an invisible thread, but every time we repeat the act we strengthen the strand, add to it another filament, until it becomes a great cable and binds us irrevocably thought and act.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThere is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.
ORISON SWETT MARDENOpportunity is often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be tuning in.
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 MARDENOpportunities? They are all around us There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.
ORISON SWETT MARDENObstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them… they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThe 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 MARDENIf you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself.
ORISON SWETT MARDENMake it a life-rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands. Stamp it with your manhood. Let superiority be your trademark.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN