Og Mandino Quotes - Page 4

I will greet this day with love in my heart.

Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.

Realize how good you really are.

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

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

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

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.

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. This applies to play as well as work. A day merely survived is no cause for celebration. 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. No more busy work. No more hiding from success. Leave time, leave space, to grow. Now. Now! Not tomorrow!

I will laugh at the world. And most of all, I will laugh at myself for man is most comical when he takes himself too seriously.

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

One of the great undiscovered joys of life comes from doing everything one attempts to the best of one's ability. The smallest task, well done, becomes a miracle of achievement.

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?

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

I will waste not even a precious second today in anger or hate or jealousy or selfishness. I know that the seeds I sow I will harvest, because every action, good or bad, is always followed by an equal reaction. I will plant only good seeds this day.

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.

Already I am smiling in anticipation of the good to come

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.

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.

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.

I will walk where failures fear to walk.

Never settle for the crumbs of life.

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

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.

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

The wind is never for the sailor who knows not to what port he is bound.