Orison Swett Marden Quotes

Any motivation starts with some type of doubt.

My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage.

I have a need to do something and know I can be successful.

There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.

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.

Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.

Even if you set a long-term goal, that doesn't mean it's a straight-line journey. Often, there are problems and obstacles along the way.

We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.

When you fail at something, the best thing to do is think back to your successes, and try to replicate whatever you did to make them happen.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage.

You can't be afraid of failure and you can't be afraid of success, because either one gets in the way of your work.

I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.

There is always a reason you can’t do something.

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

… the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

You can't let concerns stop you; they drive you and they motivate you.

Most of the time, women believe that what lies ahead is a precipice. Whereas, if you continue to drive and stay on the path, the road will open up in front of you, and you will reach your destination. You don't need to turn around and abandon the journey.

If I keep taking my good swings, swing at the right pitches, good things will happen.

Action can cure fear and hesitation and doubt.

You've got to believe in your damn self and do the damn thing, so I'm a big believer in self-belief, man, and going out there and working hard and sacrificing.

I know I can make plays.

We're all far too afraid of being so arrogant to say "Either you can or you can't."

I'm 5-feet-9, I have a deep voice, and I have a way with a line. What can I do about it? I can't stay home waiting for something different. I think it's a total waste of energy worrying about typecasting.

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.