Orison Swett Marden Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.”

“The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'”

“No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.”

“No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.”

“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.”

“It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.”

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

“We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.”

“A will finds a way.”

“Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.”