The inspiration of a single book has made preachers, poets, philosophers, authors, — Orison Swett Marden
Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up. — Orison Swett Marden
Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers — Orison Swett Marden
A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings — Orison Swett Marden
Very youth owes it to himself and to the world to make the most possible out of the stuff that is in him. — Orison Swett Marden