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Making Life A Masterpiece (1916)

Book Facts... Making Life A Masterpiece

Author:

Orison Swett Marden

Publisher:

Thomas Y. Crowell & Company

Year Published:

1916

Number of Pages:

329

Number of Chapters:

Seventeen

Sub-Title:

None

Read on and learn more about this great classic:


Reviews On: Making Life A Masterpiece

"There is so much in this book that will appeal to the young men and women whose ambition is to make a success of life. It is written so entertainingly that it is a privilege, as well as a pleasure, to read it."
- Pittsburgh Gazette Times

"Brims over with optimism, and is a perfect storehouse of apt anecdotes. Welcome as a steady gleam of sunshine on a gloomy day."

- Portland Oregonian

"A fine, inspirational book, especially for the young. It holds the attention and stimulates the reader to want to make his life a masterpiece."

- Baptist Teacher



Making Life A Masterpiece
Chapter Titles Include:

1. Making Life A Masterpiece
2. Practical Dreamers
3. Where Your Opportunity Is
4. The Triumph Of Common Virtues
5. Keeping At It As A Miracle Worker
6. Masterfulness And Physical Vigor
7. Curing The Curse Of Indecision
8. Unlocking Your Possibilities
9. Bettering Our Best
10. The Will To Succeed
11. The Backbone Of Manhood
12. Shrinking From The Disagreeable
13. The Kingship Of Self-Control
14. An Hour A Day
15. Finding Your Place
16. The Secret Of Happiness
17. Living In The Finer Senses


Excerpt From the Self-Help Classic... Making Life A Masterpiece

"'WHAT IS YOUR BEST WORK?' was the question asked of Ward, the sculptor. 'My next,' he replied.

The constant effort to better our best, to reach a high ideal, calls out the finest and noblest qualities in our nature. If I were looking for an employee and found a person who had this bettering his best characteristic, I would ask for no other recommendation.

Nothing else so reveals the very heart and marrow of character as the way in which we do our work, the spirit, the quality we put into it. A botched job shows a botched ideal, a low ambition. A finely wrought piece of work is an indication of a superior mentality.

As a rule, the great things of the world are not done by great strokes of genius. The formidable man in competition is the man who is forever bettering his best, who is always besting his own record.

A marshall once rushed up to Napoleon during a battle and exclaimed, 'Sire, we have taken a beating!' 'TAKE ANOTHER ONE!' was the great General's reply.

Many people cease to grow or to advance because they become satisfied with any unusual record or achievement, and rest on their laurels.

One of the most successful men I have ever known has no brilliancy whatsoever, no mark of genius, except a genius for everlastingly improving on his previous work. His success is due to his having resolved early in life that each tomorrow must find him at least a little further than today. This man has never made any brilliant strokes in his achievement, but the constant effort to improve on everything he does, to make today's work better than the best he did yesterday has become a passion with him, and it has wrought marvels in his career. Many people cannot understand how a man with such apparently ordinary ability could have achieved as much as he has. This everlasting bettering of his best is the secret of it all.

There is no one so humble that he cannot improve his condition, if, 'without halting, without rest,' he is constantly 'lifting better up to best.'"

- Orison Swett Marden


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