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.

And above all, study, study, study ! All the genius in the world will not help you along with any art unless you become a hard student. It.

As long as a man faces life hopefully, confidently, triumphantly he is not a failure.

Resolve that you will be the master and not the slave of circumstances.

Fear is a great robber of power. It paralyzes the thinking faculties, ruins spontaneity, enthusiasm, and self confidence. It has a blighting effect upon all one’s thoughts, moods, and efforts. It destroys ambition and efficiency.

Good cheer is a great lubricant; it oils all of life’s machinery.

Specialize or fail.

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education,” it was said by Professor Huxley, “is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson which ought to be learned, and, however early a man’s training begins, it is probably the last lesson which he learns thoroughly.

No man ever climbed to success on another’s back.