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Orison Swett Marden was the son of Louis and Martha (Cilley) Marden. He was born on June 11, 1848 near Thornton, N. H. At seven he was an orphan.
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No man is born into this world whose work is not born with him.—LOWELL. Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.—GARFIELD. Vigilance in watching opportunity; tact and daring in seizing upon opportunity; force and persistence in crowding opportunity to its utmost of possible achievement—these are the martial virtues which must command success.—AUSTIN PHELPS. "I will find a way or make one." There never was a day that did not bring its own opportunity for doing good that never could have been done before, and never can be again.—W. H. BURLEIGH. "Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can, begin it." "If we succeed, what will the world say?" asked Captain Berry in delight, when Nelson had explained his carefully formed plan before the battle of the Nile. "There is no if in the case," replied Nelson. "That we shall succeed is certain. Who may live to tell the tale is a very different question." Then, as his captains rose from the council to go to their respective ships, he added: "Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage or Westminster Abbey." His quick eye and daring spirit saw an opportunity of glorious victory where others saw only probable defeat. "Is it POSSIBLE to cross the path?" asked Napoleon of the engineers who had been sent to explore the dreaded pass of St. Bernard. "Perhaps," was the hesitating reply, "it is within the limits of possibility." "FORWARD THEN," said the Little Corporal, without heeding their account of apparently insurmountable difficulties. England and Austria laughed in scorn at the idea of transporting across the Alps, where "no wheel had ever rolled, or by any possibility could roll," an army of sixty thousand men, with ponderous artillery, tons of cannon balls and baggage, and all the bulky munitions of war. But the besieged Massena was starving in Genoa, and the victorious Austrians thundered at the gates of Nice, and Napoleon was not the man to fail his former comrades in their hour of peril. When this "impossible" deed was accomplished, some saw that it might have been done long before. Others excused themselves from encountering such gigantic obstacles by calling them insuperable. Many a commander had possessed the necessary supplies, tools, and rugged soldiers, but lacked the grit and resolution of Bonaparte, who did not shrink from mere difficulties, however great, but out of his very need made and mastered his opportunity. Grant at New Orleans had just been seriously injured by a fall from his horse, when he received orders to take command at Chattanooga, so sorely beset by the Confederates that its surrender seemed only a question of a few days; for the hills around were all aglow by night with the camp-fires of the enemy, and supplies had been cut off. Though in great pain, he immediately gave directions for his removal to the new scene of action.
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Life is a leaf of paper white, Whereon each one of us may write His word or two, and then comes night. Greatly begin! Though thou have time But for a line, be that sublime, - Not failure, but low aim, is crime. - LOWELL. -Chapter IX One in a series of phenomenal bestsellers in its day, CHARACTER: THE GRANDEST THING IN THE WORLD was first published in 1899 and remains a little-known classic in the literature of personal development. As a predecessor of today's personal success gurus reminiscent of Stephen Covey and Anthony Robbins, Marden's goal here is to catalog those traits essential who set high ideals for themselves in seeking "the grandest thing in the world." Also available from Cosimo Classics: Marden's Cheerfulness as a Life Power and Pushing to the Front, Vols. 1 and 2. AUTHOR BIO: American writer and editor ORISON SWETT MARDEN (1850-1924) was born in New England and studied at Boston University and Andover Theological Seminary. In 1897, he founded Success Magazine.
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Controlling our mind and our thoughts is the key to success. When undergoing challenges and obstacles, the key to emerging victorious is in our attitude. The Universe reacts to our mentality, and triumphant expressions make great impressions upon what is delivered to us. Progress in life depends upon a victorious idea of it; therefore, it is of utmost importance to cultivate mental forcefulness. The mind itself colors the personality and can be altered to align with victory and desired results. This book offers powerful insights on how to acquire and maintain the victorious attitude that is necessary for accomplishment in all areas of life. Dr. Orison Swett Marden was an inspirational author who wrote about achieving success in life. His writings discuss practical principles and virtues that make for a successful life. Dr. Marden founded SUCCESS magazine in 1897 and many of his ideas are based on new thought philosophy.
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Orison Swett Marden was the son of Louis and Martha (Cilley) Marden. He was born on June 11, 1848 near Thornton, N. H. At seven he was an orphan.
As a boy he read Samuel Smiles's Self Help and determined that his career should be one of service to mankind. After graduating from New Hampton Institute, N. H. , in 1873, he attended Boston University (B. A. , 1877) and then studied medicine at Harvard (M. D. , 1882). At the same time he was working his way by catering and by hotel management with such success that on leaving college he had a capital of nearly $20, 000. He then made an extensive continental tour through Italy, Austria, Germany, France, and the British Isles.
His business career began with the purchase and enlargement of a hotel on Block Island, off Newport, R. I, a resort which Marden did much to develop through effective advertising and judicious investment in real estate. Until 1892 he was very fortunate in his ventures. Retaining his holdings on Block Island, he bought controlling interests in four or five hotels in the Northwest. Attracted by the Nebraska boom of the early nineties, he moved west and made himself proprietor of the Palmer House, Grand Island, and the Midway Hotel in Kearney, where as resident manager he soon became a leading citizen. The soubriquet of "Lucky" Marden seemed justified. But in 1892 he suffered financial reverses and in 1893, heavily in debt, he left Kearney for Chicago where he worked during the Columbian Exposition as manager of the Park Gate Hotel. He then closed his affairs in the West and returned to Boston where he went doggedly about making a fresh start. He devoted his energy toward framing the message of optimism which for so long he had felt it his mission to spread: namely, that the will to succeed is the most vital single factor in success. In 1894 he published his gospel in Pushing to the Front. The book was received with enthusiasm and began a phenomenal run of 250 editions. He then decided to found a magazine to be devoted to the teaching of his credo. Louis Klopsch, a New York publisher, agreed to float the venture, and in October 1897 the first issue of Success appeared. By 1900 Marden was able to maintain a permanent editorial office in New York City and under his guidance the magazine grew with extraordinary swiftness until 1910, when a somewhat quixotic editorial policy began seriously to impair its credit. In 1912 the venture failed, and Marden was again in financial straits. In 1905 he bought a farm at Glen Cove, L. I. With his old tenacity he began at once to plan for the day when a new Success should appear. In 1917, in spite of war conditions, he felt that the world would welcome the message he had to offer. He found a financial backer in Frederick C. Lowrey of Chicago and by January 1918 was publishing the new Success. When on March 10, 1924, Marden died, his magazine was well on the way to the record circulation he had predicted for that year. Typical of his works are: Rising in the World (1896); He Can Who Thinks He Can (1908); Ambition and Success (1919); and Masterful Personality (1921). Thirty of his books were translated into German, and over three million of them, variously translated into twenty-five languages, have been sold.
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Quotations:
“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. ”
“Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do. ”
“Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them. ”
“When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead. No need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar our progress. We cannot take more than one step at a time. ”
“All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers. ”
“Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds. ”
“The greatest thing a man can do in this world, is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other. ”
“Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. ”
“The universe is one great kindergarten. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. The mountain teaches stability and grandeur; the ocean immensity and change. Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon our soul. ”
In May 1905 he had married Clare L. Evans of Louisville, Kentucky.
