Orison Swett Marden Quotes

No man is beaten until his hope is annihilated, his confidence gone, As long as a man faces life hopefully, confidently, triumphantly, he is not a failure; he is not beaten until he turns his back on life.

we can not prepare for defeat and expect to live a life in Victory.

Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. Others have called this deepest quality confidence, and I have referred to trust as the earliest positive psychosocial attitude, but if life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired.

The men whom I have seen succeed best in life always have been cheerful and hopeful men; who went about their business with a smile on their faces; and took the changes and chances of this mortal life like men; facing rough and smooth alike as it came.

Keep your morale high, in spite of setbacks. At the end you are bound to succeed.

You can do anything you want to do as long as you keep a good attitude and keep working at it. But the second you give up, you’re screwed.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

Optimism is the secret of self-reliance. Self-reliance is the secret of a dynamic power. A dynamic power is the secret of an immediate success.

I might look successful but I've made many mistakes. People take their failures too seriously. You have to be positive and believe you will find success next time.

I'm not an optimist. I'm hopeful.

While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert...that as long as a man's heart beats, as long as a man's flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair.

I'm an optimist at heart.

There was always a feeling for me that it would work. That's what keeps me going. You go in with a positive attitude and stay there, and that's a big part of what does make it work.

I'm an eternal optimist.

I'm always an optimist!

I was able to overcome my failures because I was always confident of my abilities and was sure I could achieve what I had set out for.

History was not written by men who predicted failure…

I think that we are coming out of this thing in pretty good shape, believe it or not.

While I've had plenty of ups and downs, dealt with my share of failure, and struggled through emotionally difficult periods, I'm fundamentally an optimist.

Smile to the future and it will smile back to you

there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.

I've always been an optimist.

Failure isn't fatal unless you let it be.

Hope and optimism aren't just attitudes, they are life strategies.

Therefore, as a player, as a coach, even though we might have lost in a season or not won a championship, it was like a self-fulfilling prophecy that I'm going to win some time. I've never felt myself a loser.