Orison Swett Marden quotes

" All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers. " # Dreams

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

" A will finds a way. "

" All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible. " # Impossibility # Goals # Love

" The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do. " # Ability

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

" People who have accomplished work worthwhile have had a very high sense of the way to do things. They have not been content with mediocrity. They have not confined themselves to the beaten tracks; they have never been satisfied to do things just as others so them, but always a little better. They always pushed things that came to their hands a little higher up, this little farther on, that counts in the quality of life's work. It is constant effort to be first-class in everything one attempts that conquers the heights of excellence. " # Excellence # Life and Living # Possibilities

" We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it, including the thorns. " # Adversity # Winners and Winning # Mind

" Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours. " # Success # Price # Perseverance

" Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. " # Opportunity # Action # Love