We lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.
ORISON SWETT MARDENWe lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThe best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
ORISON SWETT MARDENHe can who thinks he can, and he can’t who thinks he can’t.
ORISON SWETT MARDENWeak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
ORISON SWETT MARDENThere can be no life which does not contain something to be grateful for, and the habit of gratitude is one of the most powerful assets of success and happiness which can be named.
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 MARDENReal happiness is so simple that most people do not recognize it. It is derived from the simplest, the quietest, the most unpretentious things in the world.
ORISON SWETT MARDENAll men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
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 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 MARDENThe size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best.
ORISON SWETT MARDENObstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.
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 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 MARDENWanted, a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say “No,” though all the world say “Yes.
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 MARDEN