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.

The argument about zoning and the presidency of Nigeria is like the philosophical argument of the egg or the hen. Who is older through the evolutionary process, who came first?

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.