Orison Swett Marden Quotes

Self conquest is the greatest of victories.

One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.

Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.

If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.

Victory in physical battles requires strength, muscles, and skill; but the fight is never tougher and victory is never sweeter than in the battles over self.

The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.

The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.

The battle for self-discipline may leave you a bit bruised and battered but always a better person.

Self-discipline is the golden key; without it, you cannot be happy.

No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself.

And so gentlemen, I learned. Oh, if you have to learn, you learn; if you’re desperate for a way out, you learn; you learn pitilessly. You stand over yourself with a whip in your hand; if there’s the least resistance, you lash yourself.

The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.

Every attainment, every step forward in knowledge, follows from courage, from hardness against oneself, from cleanliness in relation to oneself.

In the end, it's a mental maturity to let your best come out.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.

We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.

It's so important that you are constantly moving. And when things are hard, it will just make you fight harder - that's what you need to develop as a person, I think.

Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.

He who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.

I can slay a devil when I see one, Steady practice mastery of self so not to be one

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.