He Who Thinks He Can

by Orison Swett Marden

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Genres: Self Help, Personal Development, Nonfiction

268 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924) was an American writer associated with the New Thought Movement. He also held a degree in medicine, and was a successful hotel owner.

Marden was born in Thornton Gore, New Hampshire to Lewis and Martha Marden. When he was three years old, his mother died at the age of 22, leaving Orison and his two sisters in the care of their father, a farmer, hunter, and trapper. When Orison was seven years old, his father died from injuries incurred while in the woods, and the children were shuttled from one guardian to another, with Orison working as a "hired boy" to earn his keep. Inspired by an early self-help book by the Scottish author Samuel Smiles, which he found in an attic, Marden set out to improve himself and his life circumstances. He persevered in advancing himself and graduated from Boston University in 1871. He later graduated from Harvard with an M.D. in 1881 and an LL.B. degree in 1882. He also studied at the Boston School of Oratory and Andover Theological Seminary.

Reviews

[Desiree Finkbeiner · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Treat your calling as divine." How many people would be more confident in every endeavor if they but lived up to this one principal. Your inner voice is how the divine speaks through you, so why not give it holy bearing in your life? Anyone who learns the secret of individual worth will have the drive and enthusiasm to create miracles and beauty of everything they touch. No matter how simple or small your means or skill level, the feeling of pride in one's work is contagious. If only more people were encouraged to believe in themselves, but alas, criticism abounds. Is it any wonder with the influence of crude programming found on popular television shows and gossiping magazines? The quality of anyone's work has a great deal to do with the quality one places on his own worth. This book is beautiful and encouraging. A great read for those needing a boost in the value of self-belief.

[Ilya Mrz · Rating 5 out of 5]

so simple, so awesome!!! Recommended

[Henrik Haapala · Rating 5 out of 5]

Chapter 6: the spirit in which you work.

“You have something infinitely higher within you to satisfy than to make a mere living, to get through your days work as easily as possible. It is your sense of right; the demand within you to do your level best; to develop the highest thing in you; to do the square thing - to be a man.”

“A sacred thing, this, approaching the uncut marble of life. We cannot afford to strike any false blows which might mar the angel that sleeps in the stone; for the image we produce must represent our life-work. Whether it is beautiful or hideous, divine or brutal, or must stand as an expression of ourselves, as representing our ideals.”

7: Responsibility develops power:

“Their thinking has been done for them. They have simply carried out somebody else’s programme. They have never learned to stand alone, to think for themselves , to act independently.”

“Personally, I believe it is the duty of every young person to have an ambition to be independent, to be his own master, and to resolve that he will not be at somebody else’s call all his life - come and go at the sounding of a gong or the touch of a bell - that he will be an entire wheel and not a cog; that he will be a whole machine, although it may be a small one, rather than part of someone else’s machine.”

Chapter 15: does the world owe you a living?

“The man who does not feel his heart throb with gratitude every day of his life for being born in the very golden age of the world, and who does not feel that he owes a tremendous debt to the past, to all the people who have struggled and striven and sacrificed before him, is not made of the right kind of stuff. In other words, he is not a man, and he ought to be treated as a drone, a thief of other men’s labors.”

[Iman · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can Tie a strong hours with a very small cord, and he cannot show his greatest speed or strength till he is free.

[David Nachmias · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has to be one of the best books of "success" literature ever writen

[Jason Wicky Ong · Rating 4 out of 5]

contains tons of advices but not easy to remember any of them.

[Arianna M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very motivating book with lessons and insights that still apply today.

[Uyên Nguyễn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Theo đánh giá của cá nhân, cuốn này có thể nói là tương tự như những cuốn self-help bán đầy ở ngoài tiệm sách với những nội dung gần tương tự nhau.
Tuy nhiên, mình vẫn trân trọng thông điệp tác giả muốn truyền tải đến người đọc.

[Mark Holencik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of insight on how accomplish your goals. Timeless wisdom.

[Harry · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Mario Cash · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s an amazing book full of motivation ⭐️

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To SEE a WORLD in a Grain of Sand,
And a HEAVEN in a Wild Flower,
Hold INFINITY in the palm of your hand
And ETERNITY in an Hour"
~ William Blake ~

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Form is Emptiness; Emptiness is form.
Form is not different than Emptiness;
Emptiness is not different than form
~ Heart Sutra ~

Like the ocean and its waves,
inseparable yet distinct

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" I and The Father are one,
I am The Truth,
The Life and The Path.”

Like a river flowing from its source,
connected and continuous

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Thy kingdom come.
Let the reign of divine
Truth, Life, and Love
be established in me,
and rule out of me all sin;
and may Thy Word
enrich the affections of all mankind

A mighty oak tree standing firm against the storm,
As sunlight scatters the shadows of night
A river nourishing the land it flows through

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[Dominique Salvador Backay · Rating 5 out of 5]

'He Can Who Thinks He Can' is a grandfather of all the self-help literature and to such extent that even calling it that way is derogatory when given the thought that its modern successors lack the clarity of thought. They seem to only excell at teaching us how to live in hypocrisy and false promises and ideals of one's self. But this very book still holds up against the today's competition and still feels as if it possessed much greater, clearer and more valuable knowledge. I had no other choice that to finish this one in less than a day and I can say with honesty that I will come back to it in future again, perhaps even many times until I have reaped all the valuable lessons within it. Favourite chapter of it must surely be 'Does the World Owe You A Living?' for me. As for that one could be a book on its own easily.

[Marcin Boruchowski · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a well rounded book on personal development and inspirational character. It is a compass for, moral and financial success. There's nothing here that hasn't been repeated often and loud but I found the lessons illuminating. A good blueprint for a successful life. Considering the time it was written, it has a substance that holds even today.

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Phuong · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this work through the Vietnamese translation. I really like the contents of the first few parts, but the more I read to the end, the less impressed. However, overall I still like this work. (I used google translate for this comment section).

[Luigino Bottega · Rating 5 out of 5]

Our presence in this reality makes sense in the redefinition of reality itself. Only with our existence can certain events materialize in spacetime, the physical manifestation of certain possible timelines of reality.
Inspiring book!

[Malik Aljabri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finished as #AudioBook

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