Og Mandino Quotes

Use wisely your power of choice.

I shall live this day as if it is my last. And if it is not, I shall fall to my knees and give thanks.

Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!

I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.

Nothing is easier than fault finding.

Pay less attention to what you hear about someone, and more to what you learn about them...as you make the effort.

All of us have been dying, hour by hour, since the moment we were born. Realizing this, let all things be placed in their proper perspective. . . . Remember, it is always later than you think.

I am not a human being, i am a human becoming.

You need not spend your life wallowing in failure, ignorance, grief, poverty, shame and self-pity. There is a better way to live.

You will move in the direction you are facing.

In truth, the only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits.

And I leave you now, not with sadness but with satisfaction and joy that we came together and walked, arm in arm, through this brief moment of eternity. Who could ask for more?

The secret of success is to triple your rate of failure.

I will keep a smile on my face and in my heart even when it hurts today.

Envy, like the worm, is always attracted to the fairest apple

Each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence.

You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity and the sour sound of whining.

You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine.

To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.

There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.

I will persist until I succeed!

The smallest task, well done, becomes a miracle of achievement

Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure.

I will become a firefly and even in the day my glow will be seen in spite of the sun. Let others be as butterflies who preen their wings yet depend on the charity of a flower for life.

Practice the art of patience for nature never acts in haste.

Always let your reach exceed your grasp.

Each day will be triumphant only when your smiles bring forth smiles from others.

Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child can pull it to pieces.

Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.

True security lies not in the things one has, but in the things one can do without.

Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.

My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.

And so long as I can laugh, never will I be poor. This then, is one of nature's greatest gifts and I will waste it no more.

Act now, for now is all you have.

Action will destroy your procrastination.

Only a habit can subdue another habit.

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside.

Never hide behind busy work. It takes just as much energy to fail as it does to succeed.

No, my son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important to acquire peace of mind and serenity.

Wealth is good when it brings joy to others.

Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.

If I persist, if I continue to try, if I continue to charge forward, I will succeed!

Already I am smiling in anticipation of the good to come

Few things are necessary to make the wise man happy while no amount of material wealth would satisfy a fool. I am not a fool.

You learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of hope.

Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along.

Each failure to sell will increase your chances for success at your next attempt.

Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

Who is of so little faith that in a moment of great disaster or heartbreak has not called to his God?

Never will I pursue happiness, because it is not a goal, just a by-product, and there is no happiness in having or in getting, only in giving.