The divine injunction to be perfect, even as He is perfect, was not given man to mock him. The possibility of our waking in His likeness is literally true.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN, The Miracle of Right Thought
Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them, if you stand and hesitate, if you take your eyes from theirs, they are liable to spring upon you; but if you do not flinch, if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN, The Optimistic Life
Defeats and failures are great developers of character. They have made the giants of our race by giving Titanic muscles, brawny sinews, and far-reaching intellects.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN, Architects of Fate
Tact is a combination of good temper, ready wit, quickness of perception and ability to take in the exigency of the occasion instantly.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN, Self-Investment
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.
