Orison Swett Marden Quotes

Man is not made for defeat.

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that...the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.

Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time.

History was not written by men who predicted failure…

I think we all face situations in life, where we are not sure if we will be able to make it. I have been through such experiences and for me, the real hero is the one who rises above obstacles.

We have all lost before and we will win again.

No matter how bad things get, eventually the sun is going to shine. If you just keep at it, pursuing your goals, eventually good things happen to decent people. For a person who is set on his goals, good things will happen. Everyone deals with adversity, it's how you bounce back from it.

Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up. We never gave in. We never became bitter. We didn't hate. We continued to press on. And that's what we're saying: There are some ups, there are some downs, and when you're not down, you must have the capacity and the ability to get up and keep going.

All happiness depends on courage and work.

In life you are going to make mistakes, you're going to fall down, but it's the getting up that counts. Just like in baseball: you'll get a few hits, but most likely, you'll strike out more than you'll get on base. But don't quit. Find your focus, relax, take a deep breath and give it a good swing

Keep your morale high, in spite of setbacks. At the end you are bound to succeed.

If our expectations, if our fondest prayers and dreams, are not realized then we should all bear in mind that the greatest glory of living lies not in never falling but in rising every time you fall.

As long as a man faces life hopefully, confidently, triumphantly he is not a failure

I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory.

we can not prepare for defeat and expect to live a life in Victory.

If you have a strong belief in yourself, in what you are doing and what you want to do, no adversity is too difficult to overcome.

...you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair. In the end it’s all a question of balance.

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

It's still in my heart. I can do it.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.