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…

Quote by Orison Swett Marden

Topics: Beginning Quotes, Success Quotes, Youth Quotes

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon...

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon...

The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is...

The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is...

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no...

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no...

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it...

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it...

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment,...

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment,...

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it...

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it...

We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.

We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they...

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they...

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes...

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes...

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his...

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his...

The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart.

The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart.

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze...

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze...

The glow of satisfaction which follows the consciousness of doing our level best never comes...

The glow of satisfaction which follows the consciousness of doing our level best never comes...

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose...

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose...

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes...

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes...

A will finds a way.

A will finds a way.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait...

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait...

Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient...

Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient...

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of...

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of...

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

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