Inspirational Quotations by Orison Swett Marden

  • Begin where you are; work where you are;
    the hour which you are now wasting,
    dreaming of some far off success,
    may be crowded with grand possibilities.
    From Issue 19
  • The hopeful man sees success where others see failure;
    sunshine where others see shadows and storm.
    From Issue 162
  • There is no medicine like hope,
    no incentive so great, no tonic so
    powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.
    From Issue 257
  • When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, this is happiness, this is success.
    From Issue 310
  • Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.
    From Issue 381
  • Many a one has succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat, he would never have known any great victory.
    From Issue 385
  • Go as far as you can see, and when you get there you will see farther.
    From Issue 389

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