"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."
― Orison Swett Marden
Topic(s):
Courage
More From Orison Swett Marden
- "To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success."
- "No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation."
- "There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake."
More In Courage
- "Throughout the years, many Christian women have told me of their great respect for the bravery and courage evident in my work, perhaps even gesturing to their own Isis earrings or a Nile River Goddess pendants."― Carol P. Christ
- "In Dreams… well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a director for hire, so maybe I was putting too much imagery that was familiar to me into it."― Neil Jordan
- "Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties."― Erich Fromm