Orison Swett Marden
Orison Swett Marden Part of a series of articles on New Thought Beliefs Affirmative prayer Creative visualization Divinity Higher consciousness Glossary of New Thought terms History of New Thought Huna Law of Attraction Metaphysics New Thought beliefs New Thought literature Omnipresence Positive thinking Prosperity theology Movement Denominations Divine Science Jewish Science Religious Science Seicho-no-Ie Unity Churches Affiliated New Thought Network Agape International Spiritual Center Centers for Spiritual Living Church of the Truth International New Thought Alliance Universal Foundation for Better Living Schools Emerson Theological Institute Unity Village, Missouri Other groups Affiliated New Thought Network Association for Global New Thought Home of Truth International Divine Science Association International New Thought Alliance League for the Larger Life New Civilization Church The Infinite Way People List of New Thought writers Historical William Walker Atkinson Nona L. Brooks H. Emilie Cady Malinda Cramer Julius Dresser Horatio Dresser Mary Baker Eddy Warren Felt Evans Charles Fillmore Myrtle Fillmore Perry Joseph Green Frank Channing Haddock Napoleon Hill Emmet Fox Ernest Holmes Fenwicke Holmes Emma Curtis Hopkins Phineas Parkhurst Quimby Elizabeth Towne Thomas Troward Wallace Wattles Modern Michael Beckwith Kate Atkinson Boehme Rhonda Byrne Dale Carnegie Robert Collier Terry Cole-Whittaker Henry Drummond Wayne Dyer Matthew Fox James Dillet Freeman Thaddeus Golas Joel S. Goldsmith Stuart Grayson Louise Hay Esther Hicks Jerry Hicks Jean Houston Byron Katie Christian D. Larson A. K. Mozumdar Caroline Myss Earl Nightingale Catherine Ponder Della Reese Florence Scovel Shinn Samuel Smiles Masaharu Taniguchi Eckhart Tolle Three Initiates Iyanla Vanzant Neale Donald Walsch Lilian Whiting Ella Wheeler Wilcox Stuart Wilde Gary Zukav Related ideas Christian Science Efficacy of prayer Freedom of religion in the United States Idealism Mind–body problem Placebo effect Subjective idealism Categories New Thought Beliefs Churches Literature Schools Other groups Religion portal v t e Dr. Orison Swett Marden (1850–1924) was an American inspirational author who wrote on success in life and how to achieve it. His writings discuss common-sense principles and virtues that make for a well-rounded, successful life. Many of his ideas are based on New Thought philosophy. His first book, Pushing to the Front (1894), became an instant best-seller and remains a classic in the genre of self-help. Marden later published fifty or more books and booklets, averaging two titles per year. Marden had an unusual ability to strike a chord with his readers, encouraging them with hope and firing them with ambition to achieve. The privations of his childhood and youth, his broad education and his wide business experience in early manhood were factors that enabled him to write with understanding, sympathy and depth. Marden died in 1924 at the age of seventy-four.