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52 Insightful Quotes By Orison Swett Marden That Will Give You The Success Mantra

Famous As: Inspirational Author
Born On: 1850 AD
Died On: 1924 AD
Born In: New England
Founder / Co Founder: Success Magazine
Died At Age: 74
Orison Swett Marden was an American author and businessman. He gained popularity as the author of inspirational books on achieving success and became a noted author of the time. His books garnered great popularity among the American public and Marden was also the founder of immensely popular magazine ‘SUCCESS’ that garnered a readership of around 500,000. Marden was also highly educated and had earned degrees in medicine, law, the arts and the natural sciences. Later on, he started working in a hotel and eventually went on to become a successful hotel entrepreneur. Marden decided to become a full time author and became a distinguished writer with his series of books on the secrets of success. His debut work titled ‘Pushing to the Front’ was published in 1894 and became a runaway success. Other noted works by him include ‘How to Succeed’, ‘The Optimistic Life’, ‘Architects of Fate’, ‘The Making of a Man’, ‘Be Good to Yourself’, ‘Every Man a King’ and ‘The Secret of Achievements’. His writings, thoughts, books and work will guide you towards the path of achieving what your heart aspires. We bring to you a collection of quotes, saying and thoughts by Orison Swett Marden that are sure to encourage and motivate you to strive hard.
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Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.

Orison Swett Marden
Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.

Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.

Orison Swett Marden
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

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All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

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The greatest thing a man can do in this world, is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.

The greatest thing a man can do in this world, is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.

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Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

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

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

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We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.

We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.

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There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

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The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment, it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment, it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

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What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.

What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.

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If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place.

If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place.

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Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

Orison Swett Marden
Learn From Yesterday, Live for Today, hope for tomorrow.

Learn From Yesterday, Live for Today, hope for tomorrow.

Orison Swett Marden
A woman who is self-reliant, positive, optimistic, and undertakes her work with the assurance of success magnetizes her condition. She draws to herself the creative powers of the universe.

A woman who is self-reliant, positive, optimistic, and undertakes her work with the assurance of success magnetizes her condition. She draws to herself the creative powers of the universe.

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Wanted, a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say

Wanted, a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say "No," though all the world say "Yes.

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Opportunities? They are all around us ... There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.

Opportunities? They are all around us ... There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.

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Money, influence, and position are nothing compared with brains, principles, energy and perseverances.

Money, influence, and position are nothing compared with brains, principles, energy and perseverances.

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Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desires

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desires

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You will find the whole world will change to you when you change your attitude toward it.

You will find the whole world will change to you when you change your attitude toward it.

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A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everyone around us.

A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everyone around us.

Orison Swett Marden
Believe with all of your heart that you will do what you were made to do.

Believe with all of your heart that you will do what you were made to do.

Orison Swett Marden
It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

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Love, like the sun, never sees the dark side of anything.

Love, like the sun, never sees the dark side of anything.

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The tonic of success is a marvelous producer as well as stimulant. By the law of mental magnetism one success attracts another, and after we begin to win it is comparatively easy to keep on winning.

The tonic of success is a marvelous producer as well as stimulant. By the law of mental magnetism one success attracts another, and after we begin to win it is comparatively easy to keep on winning.

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Let the adverse breath of criticism be to you only what the blast of the storm wind is to the eagle,—a force against him that lifts him higher.

Let the adverse breath of criticism be to you only what the blast of the storm wind is to the eagle,—a force against him that lifts him higher.

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No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive, he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.

No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive, he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.

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Personal nobility is greater than any calling, or any reward that it can bring.

Personal nobility is greater than any calling, or any reward that it can bring.

Orison Swett Marden
Every discovery in science and art, is due to the trained power of seeing things ... Keep your eyes open, your ears open ... Trace difficulties.

Every discovery in science and art, is due to the trained power of seeing things ... Keep your eyes open, your ears open ... Trace difficulties.

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Like the sun, love radiates and warms into life all that it touches.

Like the sun, love radiates and warms into life all that it touches.

Orison Swett Marden