417 Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

The power of material things, to bestow happiness, to bring joy into the life is tremendously exaggerated. But The right mental attitude for example gratitude that things are not worse, the trained mind the right habits of thought - lifeskills, will bring to us the best there is in the universe.

Character: the grandest thing in the world.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

There 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.

Paradise is here or nowhere: you must take your joy with you or you will never find it.

To think you can creates the force that can.

Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.

Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.