How They Succeeded Quotes

“What,” I said, “in your estimation, is the greatest good a man can do?” ‘The greatest good he can do is to cultivate himself, develop his powers, in order that he may be of greater use to humanity.”
― Orison Swett Marden, How They Succeeded: Life Stories of Successful Men and Women Told by Themselves

“What do you call the prime requisite of success?” “I shall have to answer that by a somewhat humorous but very shrewd suggestion of another,—select a good mother. Especially for boys, I consider an intelligent, affectionate but considerate mother an almost indispensable requisite to the highest success.”
― Orison Swett Marden, How They Succeeded: Life Stories of Successful Men and Women Told by Themselves