Orison Swett Marden Quotes

I like very strong guys. Successful guys. Not necessarily financially.

Courage breeds leadership.

A lot of characters I've played have a certain amount of strength, pride, and leadership.

For every man that ever walked the Earth, except maybe the sociopaths, when it comes to talking to pretty girls... it's just stark terror.

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.

Bring me men to match my mountains: Bring me men to match my plains: Men with empires in their purpose and new eras in their brains.

One man with courage is a majority.

Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people.

I think I have kind of a natural magnetism.

To me, the word 'hero' hasn't got positive or negative value - 'hero' is the person who leads you through the story.

Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.

It's hard to look inside a person to answer a question about why anybody wants to be president. I suppose a combination of ambition, ego, and a real feeling that he could make a difference and could accomplish some things. All you ever had to do for Jimmy Carter was to tell him something was impossible, and he would usually do it.

People don't follow titles, they follow courage.

You know, I endeavor to be more like my older brother. He's very magnetic. He's actually very much like 'Castle' in that people are attracted to him, and just want to be near him. You want to know where my brother is in a crowded room? He's the guy with the crowd around him.

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

You know, I am a Leo. Lion is a giant part of me.

A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.

I know, I know - men have that extra hero gene in their foolish makeup; it's part of our charm. But I happen to know some women who have their inner sports hero, too.

It is a law woven into the nature of man, attested by history, by science, by literature and art, and by dally experience, that strength of mind and force of character are the supreme rulers of human affairs.

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.

Strong men have sound ideas and the force to make these ideas effective.

The leader of men in warfare can show himself to his followers only through a mask, a mask that he must make for himself, but a mask made in such form as will mark him to men of his time and place as the leader they want and need.

Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies.

You have to have a sense of ego and of purpose to go into politics.