Pushing to the FrontCosimo, Inc., 2005 M11 1 - 460 pages Self-consciousness is a foe to greatness in every line of endeavor. -from the chapter "Foes to Success" A phenomenal bestseller when it was first published in 1894 and greatly expanded, by popular demand, to two volumes in 1911, Orison Swett Marden's Pushing to the Front is a classic of the literature of personal motivation that remains startling relevant today. Marden, a forerunner of Dale Carnegie and Norman Vincent Peale, Stephen R. Covey and Anthony Robbins, explores a wide range of issues that hold us back from success in all arenas of our lives. Chapters in Volume 1 cover: Choosing a vocation The triumphs of enthusiasm What a good appearance will do A fortune in good manners Tact or common sense Success under difficulties Uses of obstacles Observation as a success factor Public speaking The triumphs of common virtues and much more. "History furnishes thousands of examples of men who have seized occasions to accomplish results deemed impossible," Marden notes... and shows us how to seize those occasions, too. Also available from Cosimo Classics: Marden's Cheerfulness as a Life Power. American writer and editor ORISON SWETT MARDEN (1850-1924) was born in New England and studied at Boston University and Andover Theological Seminary. In 1897, he founded Success Magazine. |
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... thought the law uncon- stitutional , and defied it until it was repealed . He soon became a steamboat owner . When the government was paying a large subsidy for carrying the European mails , he offered to carry them free and give better ...
... thought the law uncon- stitutional , and defied it until it was repealed . He soon became a steamboat owner . When the government was paying a large subsidy for carrying the European mails , he offered to carry them free and give better ...
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... thought a little boy peeping through the crack of the door , by permis- sion of the cook for whom he had been turning the spit . But no , his parents had not even a penny to spare , and his name ended in " sen . " Years afterwards when ...
... thought a little boy peeping through the crack of the door , by permis- sion of the cook for whom he had been turning the spit . But no , his parents had not even a penny to spare , and his name ended in " sen . " Years afterwards when ...
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... thought those pictured lips would have broken into voice to rebuke the recreant American , the slanderer of the dead . For the sentiments that he has uttered , on soil consecrated by the prayers of the Puritans and the blood of patriots ...
... thought those pictured lips would have broken into voice to rebuke the recreant American , the slanderer of the dead . For the sentiments that he has uttered , on soil consecrated by the prayers of the Puritans and the blood of patriots ...
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... thought a little more supple , but less vigorous . The whole tendency of life in big cities is toward deteriora- tion . City people rarely live really normal lives . It is not natural for human beings to live far from the soil . It is ...
... thought a little more supple , but less vigorous . The whole tendency of life in big cities is toward deteriora- tion . City people rarely live really normal lives . It is not natural for human beings to live far from the soil . It is ...
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... thought and application . His reading is comparatively superficial . He glances through many papers , magazines and periodicals and gives no real thought to any . His evenings are much more broken up than those of the country boy , who ...
... thought and application . His reading is comparatively superficial . He glances through many papers , magazines and periodicals and gives no real thought to any . His evenings are much more broken up than those of the country boy , who ...
Contents
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YOUR OPPORTUNITY CONFRONTS YOUWHAT WILL YOU DO WITH IT? | 101 |
SELFCONSCIOUSNESS AND TIMIDITY FOES TO SUC CESS | 246 |
TACT OR COMMON SENSE | 252 |
ENAMORED OF ACCURACY | 265 |
DO IT TO A FINISH | 279 |
THE REWARD OF PERSISTENCE | 299 |
NERVEGRIP PLUCK | 313 |
CLEAR GRIT | 321 |
SUCCESS UNDER DIFFICULTIES | 334 |
ROUND BOYS IN SQUARE HOLES | 114 |
WHAT CAREER? | 125 |
CHOOSING A VOCATION | 138 |
CONCENTRATED ENERGY | 152 |
THE TRIUMPHS OF ENTHUSIASM | 163 |
ON TIME OR THE TRIUMPH OF PROMPTNESS | 177 |
WHAT A GOOD APPEARANCE WILL Do | 187 |
PERSONALITY AS A SUCCESS ASSET | 197 |
IF YOU CAN TALK WELL | 210 |
A FORTUNE IN GOOD MANNERS | 224 |
USES OF OBSTACLES | 343 |
DECISION | 358 |
OBSERVATION AS A SUCCESS FACTOR | 369 |
SELFHELP | 377 |
THE SELFIMPROVEMENT HABIT | 393 |
RAISING OF VALUES | 404 |
PUBLIC SPEAKING | 411 |
THE TRIUMPHS OF THE COMMON VIRTUES | 424 |
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Page 24 - WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE?" An Ode in Imitation of Alcaus WHAT constitutes a State,? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No ; men, high-minded men...
Page 18 - There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune ; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows, and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Page 24 - God, give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking...
Page 358 - Then, welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand but go! Be our joys three-parts pain! Strive, and hold cheap the strain; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe!
Page 135 - But if you happen to have any learning, keep it a profound secret, especially from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts, and a cultivated understanding.
Page 17 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me ? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward...
Page 152 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 187 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Page 266 - If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.