Best 202 quotes of Og Mandino on MyQuotes

Action will destroy your procrastination.

A day merely survived is no cause for celebration.

AI will make love my greatest weapon and none on whom I call can defend against its force.

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.

All the gold in the world cannot buy a dying man one more breath--so what does that make today worth?

Already, it is later than you think for your earthly life at best, is only a blink of an eye between two eternities.

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.

Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way, surrounded by your family. Nurture their love carefully, remembering that your children need models, not critics, and your own progress will hasten when you constantly strive to present your best side to your children. And even if you have failed at all else in the eyes of the world, if you have a loving family, you are a success.

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

Always will I dig for reasons to applaud; never will I scratch for excuses to gossip. When I am tempted to criticize I will bite on my tongue; when I am moved to praise I will shout from the roofs.

And even if you have failed at all else in the eyes of the world, if you have a loving family, you are a success.

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?

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.

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.

Build this day on a foundation of pleasant thoughts. Never fret at any imperfections that you fear may impede your progress. Remind yourself, as often as necessary, that you are a creature of God and have the power to achieve any dream by lifting up your thoughts. You can fly when you decide that you can. Never consider yourself defeated again. Let the vision in your heart be in your life's blueprint. Smile!

Cherish each hour of this day for it can NEVER return.

Choice! The key is choice. You have options. You need not spend your life wallowing in failure, ignorance, grief, poverty, shame, and self-pity. But hold on! If this is true then why have so many among us apparently elected to live in this manner? The answer is obvious. Those who live in unhappy failure have never exercised their options for a better way of life because they have never been aware that had any choices

Deliver more than you are getting paid to do. The victory of success will be half won when you learn the secret of putting out more than is expected in all that you do. Make yourself so valuable in your work that eventually you will become indispensable. Exercise your privilege to go the extra mile, and enjoy all the rewards you receive.

Do all things with love.

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

Don't let your success of today lay you into complacency for tomorrow. For that is the worst form of failure.

Do that which you dread and cherish those victories with pride.

Do the very best that you can, in the things you do best, and you will know in thy soul, that you are the greatest success in the world.

Each day is a special gift from God, and while life may not always be fair, you must never allow the pains, hurdles, and handicaps of the moment to poison your attitude and plans for yourself and your future.

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

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

Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck.

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

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

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

Every memorable act in the history of the world is a triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it because it gives any challenge or any occupation, no mater how frightening or difficult, a new meaning. Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity but with it you can accomplish miracles

Every one should be wealthy, if only for a day, so that each might realize that be being rich is not the ideal condition that most believe it is. And like the land, we should have little need for all that silver when we cease breating. Let us enjoy the smiling faces of as many children of god as we can while we are able to see them.

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

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.

First, recognize that you are not a sheep who will be satisfied with only a few nibbles of dry grass or with following the herd as they wander aimlessly, bleating and whining, all of their days. Separate yourself now from the multitude of humanity so that you will be able to control your own destiny. Remember that what others think and say and do need never influence what you think and say and do.

For the rest of my life there are two days that will never again trouble me. The first day is yesterday with all its blunders and tears, follies and defeats. Yesterday has passed away, beyond my control forever. The other day is tomorrow with all its pitfalls and threats, its dangers and mystery. Until the sun rises again I have no stake in tomorrow, for it is still unborn.

God will never give you any problems that he thinks you can't solve.

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

Green grass grows where dry desert ends.

He who worries about calamities suffers them twice over.

How do I change? If I feel depressed I will sing. If I feel sad I will laugh. If I feel ill I will double my labor. If I feel fear I will plunge ahead. If I feel inferior I will wear new garments. If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice. If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come. If I feel incompetent I will think of past success. If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals. Today I will be the master of my emotions.

I am convinced that the greatest legacy we can leave our children are happy memories: those precious moments so much like pebbles on the beach that are plucked from the white sand and placed in tiny boxes that lay undisturbed on tall shelves until one day they spill out and time repeats itself, with joy and sweet sadness, in the child now an adult.

I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.

I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand.

I am natures greatest miracle. Since the beginning of time never has there been another with my heart, my eyes, my ears, my hands, my hair, my mouth. None that came before, none that live today, and none that come tomorrow can walk and talk and move and think exactly like me. I am a unique creature.

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

I'd rather learn how to prevent failure than how to gain success, because for what is success other than a state of mind?

If I must be a slave to habit let me be a slave to good habits.

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