Orison Swett Marden Quotes

Set your heights more than what you see around you, see beyond.

If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.

I think back and marvel that my ambitions were so small.

Expectations don't scare me because I have worked towards them. I want people to expect better things from me with every film. I never want to be in a position where they don't expect anything from me. I want to be in a position where if they are expecting sun from me, at least I will be able to reach the moon.

Breaking records has never been my goal. I think it's important that we're continually pushing our limits and showing that we can extend beyond what we have done before.

I like to set goals that seem impossible.

Let your dreams outgrow the shoes of your expectations.

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

Expect more than others think possible.

My greatest mistake is that my dreams were too small.

You can do bigger and bigger things. For what?

The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart.

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.

You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.

Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights.

Big results require big ambitions.

Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.

You need to aim beyond what you are capable of. You must develop a complete disregard for where your abilities end. Try to do things that you're incapable of... If you think you're incapable of running a company, make that your aim... Make your vision of where you want to be a reality. Nothing is impossible.

The way that I am now, I don't want to accept mediocrity. I don't want to accept the easy road.

I never had goals to be in the top 10 or top five in the world. I just try to find the borders, find what level I can reach. I have a good team around me, so hopefully it's going to get even better.

When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.

Have a vision. It is the ability to see the invisible. If you can see the invisible, you can achieve the impossible.

You have to raise the bar. Give yourself a challenge. Ask yourself, 'How can one make the impossible materialise?'

Reach for the stars.