Orison Swett Marden Quotes

I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

Fight for victory until the very last minute.

To battle the odds - loss of interest, no funding, discouragement - requires someone who doesn't give up.

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Entrepreneurs don't finish when we are tired. We finish when we are done.

If you have infinite patience and perseverance, success is bound to come. No mistake in that.

I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.

Pan me, don't give me the part, publish everybody's book but this one and I will still make it!

If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.

Be relentless and then you'll break through.

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove.

I was brought up to believe that there is no such thing as failure as long as I'm trying my best. So I've had a 'blood, guts and glory' approach through my whole life.

Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

Whenever I hear, 'It can't be done,' I know I'm close to success.

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

I have a child to feed and a spirit that can't be crushed, so I'm able to move ahead.

I may not be able to do it but I’ll die trying.

Let us not alter our course simply because it leads into a dark thicket of work.

Whatever be the challenges, whatever be the obstacles before us, I say to you as I say to everybody else that we will overcome.