There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.

He also held a degree in medicine and was a successful hotel owner. With little money but with lots of time on his hands he decided to write a book. Winning out.

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