417 Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

Let your air be that of a winner, a man who is resolved to make his way in the world, to make himself stand for something.

The true doctrine is that labor - systematic, effective, congenial labor - is not only a necessity, but is the source of the highest enjoyment.

No young man starting in life could have better capital than plenty of friends. They will strengthen his credit, support him in every great effort, and make him what, unaided, he could never be. Friends of the right sort will help him more - to be happy and successful - than much money.

Be larger than your task.

There is no surer token of a little mind than to imagine that anything in the way of physical labor is dishonoring.

Every one who has labored honestly in the past has aided to place knowledge and comfort within the reach of a constantly increasing number.

There is nothing in this world which men desire and struggle for, and that is good for them, of which there is not enough for everybody.

The man who has not learned the secret of taking the drudgery out of his task by flinging his whole soul into it, has not learned the first principles of success or happiness.

The mill cannot grind with the water that has passed.