Orison Swett
Orison Swett
sight purpose world
There's no grander sight in the world than that of a person fired with a great purpose, dominated by one unwavering aim.
being-happy cheer sunshine
There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.
success failure men
Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.
opportunity gone careless
Opportunity is coy, is swift, is gone, before the slow, the unobservant, the indolent, or the careless can seize her.
achievement effort continuous-effort
Without continuous effort there cannot be continuous achievement.
motivational believe self-confidence
Self-confidence carries conviction; it makes other people believe in us.
heart faces joyfulness
Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young.
beautiful spiritual art
Every thought which enters the mind, every word we utter, every deed we perform, makes its impression upon the inmost fiber of our being and the result of these impressions is our character. The study of books, of music, or of the fine arts is not essential to a lofty character. It rests with the worker whether a rude piece of marble shall be squared into a horse-block or carved into an Apollo, a Psyche, or a Venus di Milo. It is yours, if you choose, to develop a spiritual form more beautiful than any of these, instinct with immortal life, refulgent with all the glory of character.
development environment should
No one should voluntarily remain in an environment which prevents his development.
opportunity men race
Even the men most richly endowed with ability, education, and opportunity, even the giants of the race, after the completest life possible, feel, as they stand on the edge of the grave, that they are but human acorns with all their possibilities still in them, just beginning to sprout.
manhood
How can I develop myself into the grandest possible manhood?
success congratulations struggle
Every germ of goodness will at last struggle into bloom and fruitage...true success follows every right step.
calling difference due great men point power rays results together
What a great discrepancy there is between men and the results they achieve! It is due to the difference in their power of calling together all the rays of their ability, and concentrating them upon one point
expel failure life mind regard success suggestion thief
Regard every suggestion that your life may be a failure, that you are not made like those who succeed, and that success is not for you, as a traitor, and expel it from your mind as you would a thief from your house.