We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it including the thorns.
ORISON SWETT MARDENWe win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it including the thorns.
ORISON SWETT MARDENOpportunity is often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be tuning in.
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 MARDENOur thoughts and imaginations are the only real limits to our possibilities.
ORISON SWETT MARDENWe cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.
ORISON SWETT MARDENAbsorb knowledge from every possible source and opportunity. Power gravitates to the man who knows how and why.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThere is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThere is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.
ORISON SWETT MARDENPoverty often hides her charms under an ugly mask; yet thousands have been forced into greatness by their very struggle to keep the wolf from the door.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThe best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere.
ORISON SWETT MARDENWork, love and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being.
ORISON SWETT MARDENA good system shortens the road to the goal.
ORISON SWETT MARDENDon’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
ORISON SWETT MARDENBelieve with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.
ORISON SWETT MARDENJoyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
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 MARDEN