Orison Swett Marden Quotes

There's no such thing as an overnight success.

You don't achieve success by "taking it easy" or "working on it later." You achieve it thru persistence and hard work.

And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.

I think the older I've gotten the more, like most people, my appreciation shifts towards things that are very difficult, where you see people who have put in tremendous hours and hours of commitment.

I know that the hard work got me here. And the day I stop working hard, this can all go away.

There is no such thing as a quantum leap. There is only dogged persistence - and in the end you make it look like a quantum leap.

There is scarcely anything that is right that we cannot hope to accomplish by labor and perseverance. But the first must be earnest and the second unremitting.

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there.

People who accomplish big things did small things well.

Genius is often a short way of spelling hard work. Poverty, obscurity, struggle and ambition formed the foundation for many careers of transcendent achievement. Few marks are made in the world's history by eight-hour-day men.... Sir Joshua Reynolds had but one maxim for success: Work, work, work. Is not rigid and continuous training necessary for the making of strong athletes? Hard work is not fatal to real success. Vouloir c'est pouvoir.

There's no such thing as an overnight success. It took me a long to get there.

The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements.

I've learned from experience that if you work harder at it, and apply more energy and time to it, and more consistency, you get a better result. It comes from the work.

Some guys have one good year and fade away. I've worked too hard to get here and it's took me too long to just fade away.

Every great success is an accumulation of thousands of ordinary efforts that no one else sees or appreciates.

If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.

The common denominator for success is work.

Talent without work is useless, thank God

I've learned over the years that when it comes to success, consistency is key. Consistent hard work that we may not like doing today, but for a payoff we'll love tomorrow. Earn it. Enjoy it.

Perseverance is a great element of success.

The secret to my success is practice!

You can accomplish virtually anything if you want it badly enough and if you are willing to work long enough and hard enough.

If you put in the work, put in the time, put in the effort, you're going to reap the benefits.

Talent is cheap. What really matters is discipline.