Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.

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.

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed pay the price and it is yours.

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.

Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them.

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.

What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.