417 Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all that constitutes a man, then we find that there is something in a man's life greater than his occupation or his achievements; grander than acquisition or wealth; higher than genius; more enduring than fame.

Worry clogs the brain and paralyzes the thought. A troubled brain can not think clearly, vigorously, locally.

When we begin to desire a thing, to yearn for it with all our hearts, we begin to establish relationship with it in proportion to the strength and persistency of our longing and intelligent effort to realize it.

Real 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.

No man fails who does his best.

The first part of success is 'Get-to-it-iveness'; the second part of success is 'Stick-to-it-iveness'.

There is something greater than wealth, grander even than fame -- manhood, character, stand for success... nothing else really does.

Whatever our creed, we feel that no good deed can by any possibility go unrewarded, no evil deed unpunished.

We do not know what we can bear until we are put to the test. Many a delicate mother, who thought that she could not survive the death of her children, has lived to bury her husband and the last one of a large family, and in addition to all this has seen her home and last dollar swept away; yet she has had the courage to bear it all and to go on as before. When the need comes, there is a power deep within us that answers the call.