Orison Swett Marden Quotes

There is more inside you than you dare think.

We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released.

Everyone has some inner power that awaits discovery.

Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.

There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.

If you sense there must be more, there is more.

There are greater and better things in us all, than the world takes account of, or than we take note of; if we would but find them out.

There is strength deep bedded in our hearts, of which we reck but little till the shafts of heaven have pierced its fragile dwelling. Must not earth be rent before her gems are found?

I believe every person has within themselves inexhaustible reserves of potential they have never even come close to realizing.

Maybe the fear is that we are less than we think we are, when the actuality of it is that we are much much more.

No one knows what capacities for doing and suffering he has in himself, until something comes to rouse them to activity: just as in a pond of still water, lying there like a mirror, there is no sign of the roar and thunder with which it can leap from the precipice, and yet remain what it is; or again, rise high in the air as a fountain. When water is as cold as ice, you can have no idea of the latent warmth contained in it.

All arts lie in man, though not all are apparent. Awakening brings them out. To be taught is nothing; everything is in man waiting to be awakened.

Most people who do have the instincts will never recognize that they do, because they don't have the courage or the good fortune to discover their potential.

Your strongest ally or your greatest teacher may be sitting within reach, unbeknownst to you.

You don't have to be a genius to find the hidden potential deep in your mind.

Your future is not ahead of you, it's trapped within you

The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried.

In their daily life, all are braver than they know.

Never underestimate your talents, and try not to compare or wish for the talents of others. Focus on and accept the talents you have, and you will find great fulfillment in life.

Physically, it completely changed me. I found strength that I never thought I had. And mentally, I mean, it's taught me just patience and letting go, and it's really changed my whole psychological outlook, I think.

Hidden behind your fears and your failures is the success you seek.

you must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame; how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?

I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness.

We can never be like lillies in the garden unless we have spent time as bulbs in the dark, totally ignored.

Turmoil is a call for awakening. Every challenge, great or small, is moving you to look deeper and draw forth the highest in you. You're never given a challenge beyond your ability to meet and master. You'll rise above every circumstance because you're greater than any circumstance.