Let your air be that of a winner, a man who is resolved to make his way in the world, to make himself stand for something.
Orison Swett MardenThe man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.
Orison Swett MardenWe win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it including the thorns.
Orison Swett MardenBut how shall I get ideas? ''Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind - Act!
Orison Swett MardenAspiration lifts the life; groveling lowers it. When we are striving for excellence in everything we do the entire life grows and expands, but if we allow our standards to drop, there is a natural progression that follows, a tendency for a downward effort in all that we do thereafter.
Orison Swett Marden