Og Mandino Quotes

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

“Always let your reach exceed your grasp.”

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

“A smile remains the most inexpensiv gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.”

“Your only limitations are those you set up in your mind, or permit others to set up for you.”

“I will laugh at the world! Never will I allow myself to become so important, so wise, so dignified, so powerful, that I forget how to laugh at myself and my world.And so long as I can Laugh never will I be poor”

“I will greet this day with love in my heart. For this is the greatest secret of success in all ventures. Muscles can split a shield and even destroy life itself but only the unseen power of love can open the hearts of man.”

“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.”

“Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat... Never take yourself too seriously.”

“Failure is a man's inability to reach his goals in life, whatever they may be”

“Green grass grows where dry desert ends.”

“Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again.”

“True happiness lies within you.”

“I will act now. Success will not wait. If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the person.”

“I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.”

“Success and rest don't sleep together.”

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

“Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. Don't waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail.”

“Procrastination can be driven from your personality through the simple technique of constantly commanding yourself to get into action . . . and then obeying that command immediately.”

“I will walk where failures fear to walk.”

“I have been given eyes to see and a mind to think, and now I know a great secret of life, for I perceive, at last, that all my problems, discouragements , and heartaches are, in truth, great opportunities in disguise.”

“I will greet this day with love in my heart. And how will I do this? Henceforth will I look on all things with love and be born again. I will love the sun for it warms my bones; yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit. I will love the light for it shows me the way; yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars. I will welcome happiness as it enlarges my heart; yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul. I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due; yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.”

“Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.”

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

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