Og Mandino Quotes

“A day merely survived is no cause for celebration.”

“A field of clay touched by the genius of man becomes a castle.”

“Many succumb to despair and fail without realizing that they already possess all the tools needed to acquire great wealth.”

“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.”

“Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, ... Your life will never be the same again.”

“Each problem has a positive side.”

“Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.”

“Today will never happen again. Don't waste it with a false start or no start at all.”

“I will commit not the terrible crime of aiming too low. I will do the work that a failure will not do. I will always let my reach exceed my grasp.”

“Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.”

“Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.”

“Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now.”

“Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard you well through all the darkest valleys you must traverse. Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be discerned from the mountaintop. So will you learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of good. Find it and prosper.”

“Today I am born anew and my birthplace is a vineyard where there is fruit for all.”

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

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”

“I will make love my greatest weapon and none on whom I call can defend against its force.My reasoning they may counter; my speech they may distrust; my apparel they may disapprove; my face they may reject; and even my bargains may cause them suspicion; yet my love will melt all hearts liken to the sun whose rays soften the coldest clay.I will greet this day with love in my heart.”

“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.”

“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?”

“Shake off your blunders. How will you know your limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Your turn will come.”

“Wealth, position, fame, and even elusive happiness will be mine, eventually, if I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render. Those who reach the top are the ones who are not content with.”

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

“Only a habit can subdue another habit.”

“Today.....I begin a new life".”

“No more busy work. No more hiding from success. Leave time, leave space, to grow. Now. Now! Not tomorrow!”