“He Can Who Thinks He Can” published 1908 by Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924), founder of Success Magazine 0 “It cannot be done,” cries the man without imagination. “It can be done, it shall be done” cries the dreamer. 0 A test of the quality of the individual is the spirit in which he does his work. 0 Almost anybody can resolve to do a great thing; it is only the strong, determined character that puts the resolve into execution. 0 Be yourself. 0 Character is the greatest force in the world. 0 Do not be afraid of being original. 0 Do not be afraid to pile responsibility upon your employees. 0 Do not be afraid to trust yourself. Have faith in your own ability to think along original lines. If there is anything in you, self-reliance will bring it out. 0 Do not imitate even your heroes. 0 Do not imitate. 0 Do not stop dreaming. 0 Every child should be taught to expect success. 0 Few people ever learn the art of enjoying the little things of life as they go along. 0 Get freedom at any cost. 0 Happiness is a condition of mind. 0 I know young men who believe in everybody but themselves. 0 If one is so loosely attached to his occupation that he can be easily induced to give it up, you may be sure that he is not in the right place. 0 If others can do such wonderful things why cannot I? 0 It is easy to find successful merchant, but not so easy to find men who put character above merchandise. 0 It is not such a very great undertaking to get all of the essentials of a college course at home, or at least a fair substitute for it. 0 It is the student who has to struggle hardest to obtain education that gets the most discipline and good out of it. 0 Just be yourself. 0 Let no consideration tie your tongue or purchase your opinion. 0 Make a resolution that you are going to be an educated man. 0 Many people are imprisoned by ignorance. 0 Multitudes of people, enslaved by bad physical habits, are unable to get their best selves into their work. 0 No idle life can produce a real man. 0 No man can be happy when he harbors thoughts of revenge, jealousy, envy or hatred. 0 No matter how humble your work may seem, do it in the spirit of an artist, of a master. 0 No substitute has ever yet been discovered for honesty. 0 Originality is the best substitute for advertising. 0 People do not realize the immense value of utilizing spare minutes. 0 Poverty is of no value except as a vantage ground for a starting point. 0 Power gravitates to the man who knows how. 0 Put the right spirit into your work. 0 Real happiness is so simple that most people do not recognize it. 0 Resolve that you will be a man of ideas, always on the lookout for improvement. 0 Responsibility is a great power developer. 0 Self-deprecation is a crime. 0 Self-reliance is the best capital in the world. 0 Some of the greatest men in history never discovered themselves until they lost everything but their pluck and grit. 0 Some people never see any beauty anywhere. Others see it everywhere. 0 Success cannot be copied- cannot be successfully imitated. 0 The ability to read people at sight is a great business asset. 0 The best-educated people are those who are always learning, always absorbing knowledge from every possible source and at every opportunity. 0 The greatest enemies of achievement are fear, doubt and vacillation. 0 The highest service you can ever render the world, the greatest thing you can ever do, is to make yourself the largest, completest, and squarest man possible. There is no other fame like that - no achievement like that. 0 The idle man is like an idle machine. It destroys itself very quickly. 0 The man who has learned the art of seeing things looks with his brain. 0 The principles by which the problem of success is solved are right and justice, honesty and integrity; and just in proportion as a man deviates from those principles he falls short from solving his problem. 0 The putting off habit will kill the strongest initiative. 0 The struggle to get away from poverty has been a great man-developer. 0 The very essence of happiness is honesty, sincerity, and truthfulness. 0 The way to bring out the reserve in a man is to pile responsibility upon him. If there is anything in him, this will reveal it. 0 The world makes way for the man with an idea. 0 There is no word in the English language more misused and abused than ’luck’. 0 Timidity also hinders freedom. 0 To be eccentric is not to be weak, but more often it is a sign of strength. 0 To eliminate every thing that can possibly retard us is the first preparation for a successful career. 0 Today we carry out the inspiration of the day. 0 Your judgment is your best friend; your common sense is your great life partner. 0 Your life work is your statue.