Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us.

When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead. No need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar our progress. We cannot take more than one step at a time.

There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.

Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.