Success Lessons in Life from 15 Orison Swett Marden Quotes

1. All who have achieved great things have had a great goal, they have set their sights on a goal that was high, that at times seemed impossible. This is something I repeat often, however, I cannot stress enough the need to know what you want and define a singular and overriding goal for your life. We don’t need to know how we will achieve that, we just need to be aware that the things we do advance this singular purpose.

two. Deep within man dwell those dormant powers; powers that would amaze him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if they were awakened and put into action. As I take action toward my great goal, it never amazes me how many times apparent accidents and various events fall into place or cross my path. When you’re in action with a big goal, the resources, personal power, and people you need, when you need them, seem to appear. When I stray and take my eyes off the target, not much seems to go right.

3. If you don’t feel yourself growing in your work and your life widening and deepening, if your task isn’t a perpetual tonic for you, you haven’t found your place. I really get lost in time and live in the moments, when I’m doing what you should do. You often hear about people operating in The Zone. I also find myself learning the lessons of life and experience that I need to expose myself to for the next phase of achieving an outcome. I often experience personal breakthroughs that set me up for further growth.

Four. It is like the seed planted in the ground: the more that is sown, the greater the harvest. An example is the number of readers who subscribe to a member site. The more value you provide, the more your subscriber list grows. As the list grows in number of people, it attracts a higher caliber of offers and people who contact the site owner to participate in joint ventures. In turn, this increases the abundance of resources that are also available to the site owner, including financial reward.

5. Most of our obstacles would vanish if, instead of cowering before them, we decided to walk boldly through them. We have all heard that ninety percent of a task is the beginning of it. When you are confronted and overcome by fear or doubt, it is always a better remedy to simply take action towards the desired result. Just decide, and then keep walking. If we’re looking in the right direction, all we have to do is keep walking.

6. Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards, but they will fool you if they can. If they see that you are afraid of them… they are likely to jump on you; but if you look them straight in the eye, they will sneak out of sight. Our imagination is a wonderful tool, but it can also be your greatest enemy in the face of big goals. Remember to use the images in your mind to your best advantage. Avoid allowing your mind to create mountains out of a grain of sand.

7. There can be no great courage where there is no trust or security, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake. Our greatest job is to build self-confidence and personal trust, trusting that what is happening today is meant to happen for the greatest eventual good. Surely you have heard the story of the man who cut the cocoon of a butterfly, while it was struggling to emerge.

8. Unless you have prepared yourself to seize your opportunity, the opportunity will only make a fool of you. A great occasion is valuable to you to the extent that you have educated yourself to take advantage of it. This quote reminds me of the saying: when the student is ready, the teacher appears. I’m sure we’ve all personally experienced this in our own lives at some point. Leave spaces for gestation, and develop patience, learn to relax a little!

9. We move forward in our journey only when we face our goal, when we have confidence and believe that we will be victorious. Collect evidence of success as you progress through your journey. Build self-confidence by noticing all the big and small victories along the way. It’s useful for measuring progress and knowing how far you’ve come, to build confidence for the rest of the journey. For example, when climbing mountains, the accumulation of peaks is often used as a motivation to keep reaching new heights.

10 You can’t measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him? What did he get out of them? I love the Japanese saying, fall seven times and get up eight. Trust that every time you dust yourself off after a fall and take action on what’s next instead of giving in to temporary setbacks, you’ll grow. The most inspiring biographies include stories of personal challenges that were overcome and overcome.

eleven You will never be successful as long as you ache under the monotony of your occupation, if you are constantly obsessed with the idea that you could be more successful at something else. You must not split your focus. As long as you live with the idea that the grass is greener on the other side, you cannot see that you can create anything you want with what you currently have. Instead, you can continually wait for the right conditions. I recommend reading the story Acres of Diamonds by Russell H. Conwell.

12 Your expectations open or close the doors of your supply. If you expect great things and honestly work for them, they will come to you, your supply will correspond to your expectation. Raise your expectations. On what the mind stops, the body acts. If you find yourself stuck on a plateau, increase the size of your target to one that inspires more action. The hands cannot have what the mind cannot see.

13 Your outlook on life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your worth are largely influenced by your environment. Your entire career will be modified, shaped, shaped by your environment, by the character of the people you come in contact with every day. Look around you and see what you are committed to. You created everything around you. Take time to fix things around you to enhance your life experience and support the things you say you’re committed to. Mix with people who have set their sights high, stay away from drama, complaint and gossip. If you find it difficult to do that physically, at least remove your thoughts from those conversations and have an alternate mental image that you can focus on in the midst of such situations. Learn and practice strategies to change conversations to be more constructive.

14 When we are sure we are on the right track, there is no need to plan our trip too far in advance. There is no need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears about the obstacles that may impede our progress. In the words of Martin Luther King, we cannot take more than one step at a time. You don’t have to see the whole ladder, just take the first step. He did not see the end of the work he started, but it came to fruition.

fifteen. This is proof of your manhood. [humanity]: How much is left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself? Many of us are now accustomed and programmed to measure ourselves and others by tangible possessions. Also remember the intangibles and begin to see your true value. Know who you are when you walk away from that job, home, or car. If you didn’t own any of those, what gift(s) do you bring to the table?

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *