417 Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

There is no law by which one can, as long as he thinks he can’t.

Opportunity is often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be tuning in.

Keep fear out of your child’s mind, as you would keep poison out of his body; for fear is the deadliest of mental poisons.

I’ve never found any elevators in life; I’ve had to climb to every place worth reaching. And now I think it over, I wish it so with everybody, for then no one would rise any higher than he deserves to go. I.

The golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.’

Real happiness comes from the cultivation, the development, of the highest that is in us.

Dispense with the doctor by being temperate; the lawyer by keeping out of debt; the demagogue, by voting for honest men; and poverty, by being industrious.

There is no failure for the man who realizes his power, who never knows when he is beaten; there is no failure for the determined endeavor; the unconquerable will.

Genius, that power which dazzles mortal eyes, is but perseverance in disguise.