Orison Swett Marden Quotes

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Fields are won by those who believe in the winning.

Success isn't anything to do with being lucky. It's knowing what you want, taking the necessary action, and believing you can achieve anything you set your mind to.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

There is no longer time for statements like 'if only' or 'we can't.' We must and we will succeed. The only question now is how and when. I believe the time is now.

Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.

If you can't believe, you can't achieve.

All anything takes, really, is confidence.

He who says it cannot be done should get out of the way of the one who is doing it.

One has to have hope. Without hope you can't get anywhere.

Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by those who are doing it.

You make progress; then you get courage to make more.

With every milestone that I've come across, there's always been a little note at the bottom that's said, 'Don't worry, there's another milestone coming up.'

Everything in life is about confidence. The more you have, the further you'll go usually.

Every time I take a shot at goal, it's because I believe I can score.

You just go in and play with confidence and try to come out with a victory. That's the goal.

If it doesn't seem possible, nothing much gets done.

I have a philosophy. I was convinced of it, and by winning trophies in four countries, I proved the philosophy worked.

The biggest thing for me when I got to L.A. was everybody wrote us off to make the playoffs. That was one of my goals. Put that on my mirror. We did it as a team. And that's my thing: Wherever I go, I'm going to win.

Cameroon can win the World Cup. People think I am crazy when I say this, but if you believe you have the best team in the world, you are stronger.

Remember why you started, remember where you're headed, think of how great it will be to get there, and keep going.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

Don’t confuse progress with winning.

Success is won by those who believe in winning and then prepare for that moment.

Every setback means you're one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.