It is the hopeful, buoyant, cheerful attitude of mind that wins. Optimism is a success builder; pessimism an achievement killer. Orison Swett Marden
You are never to allow a shadow of doubt to enter your mind that the Creator intended you to win in life's battle. Orison Swett Marden
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. Orison Swett Marden
Wanted: a man who is larger than his calling, who considers it a low estimate of his occupation to value it merely as a means of getting a living. Orison Swett Marden
Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes — every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. Orison Swett Marden
If you would make the most of yourself, cut away all of your vitality sappers; get rid of everything which hampers you and holds you back, everything which wastes your energy, cuts down your working capital. Get freedom at any cost. Orison Swett Marden
In order to keep himself at the top of his condition, to obtain complete mastery of all his powers and possibilities, a man must be good to himself mentally; he must think well of himself. Orison Swett Marden