Orison Swett Marden Quotes

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.

You are the master of your environment. You've got your own head, your own mind. So once you figure out what you want for yourself, you have to create the proper environment to make sure you can live out all the things you want.

Let every man feel that he is the architect and builder of his own life, and that he proposes to make a success of it by working.

We set ourselves limits, but we are all strong enough to aim higher, to achieve our goals. All we have to do is find such strength within ourselves. Know how to develop it.

Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further development.

I am my own cheerleader. I am the one who puts my goals, who pushes myself to get to the next goal. I don't have someone next to me saying, 'Here you go, now do this, it's your next step, go for it.'

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.

You are the center of your universe, and you can make anything happen.

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.

When I was a kid I was very interested in the idea of the will, finding out what you're capable of. I liked those kind of challenges.

Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be.

Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don't wish to have as their reality.

He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

Personal power gives you a sense of accomplishment. It enables you to live fully and zestfully. It provides you with a mature reason for liking yourself better. To state it another way, it is the mark of a healthy and well-adjusted individual to seek self-advancement by mastering his human relations.

I always say that what's between you and your success is yourself.

The reason I started my transformation with the mind first is because you have to see it first and believe it before you start your journey. You have set your mind at a place called W.I.T. It's 'Whatever it Takes.'

I focus my energy on what I believe in.

That a man can change himself…and master his own destiny is the conclusion of every mind who is wide-awake to the power of right thought.”(Christian D. Larson)

Others can inspire you, but ultimately the only thing that empowers you is what lies within you and learning how to better utilize what you’ve been given.

All successes begin with Self-Discipline. It starts with you.