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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.

Orison Swett Marden
Motivational, Success, Meaningful

Self-confidence carries conviction; it makes other people believe in us.

Orison Swett Marden
Motivational, Believe, Self Confidence

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

Orison Swett Marden
Inspirational, Motivational, Positive
Orison Swett Marden (2016). “The Miracle of Right Thought”, p.10, FV Éditions

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

Orison Swett Marden
Inspirational, Motivational, Success
Orison Swett Marden (1907). “The Optimistic Life”

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.

Orison Swett Marden
Inspirational, Motivational, Responsibility
Orison Swett Marden (2006). “Rising in the World, Or Architects of Fate”, p.43, Cosimo, Inc.

The beginning of a habit is like an invisible thread, but every time we repeat the act we strengthen the strand, add to it another filament, until it becomes a great cable and binds us irrevocably thought and act.

Orison Swett Marden
Inspirational, Motivational, Time

There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.

Orison Swett Marden
Motivational, Believe, Knowing

Many mothers make the mistake of forever looking for the bad in the child, trying to . . . uproot and drive it out. This is like trying to eject the darkness from a room without opening the shutters and letting in the light. As John Newton said, 'I cannot sweep the darkness out, but I can shine it out.'

Orison Swett Marden
Motivational, Mother, Children
Orison Swett Marden (2007). “The Miracle of Right Thought”, p.167, Cosimo, Inc.

Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.

Orison Swett Marden
Inspirational, Motivational, Success
Orison Swett Marden (1907). “The Optimistic Life”

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.

Orison Swett Marden
Motivational, Ambition, Self Confidence
Orison Swett Marden (2016). “The Miracle of Right Thought”, p.107, FV Éditions

Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.

Orison Swett Marden
Motivational, Careers, New Job

We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.

Orison Swett Marden
Motivational, Nature, Environmental
Orison Swett Marden (1907). “The Optimistic Life”

It is those who have this imperative demand for the best in their natures, and who will accept nothing short of it, that holds the banners of progress, that set the standards, the ideals, for others.

Orison Swett Marden
Motivational, Nature, Excellence
Orison Swett Marden (2007). “Do It to a Finish!”, p.19, Cosimo, Inc.

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