Orison Swett Marden

Our thoughts and imagination are the only real limits to our possibilities.

There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.