The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.

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.