Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment.
OG MANDINOWith no goals, no priorities, no life strategy of our own, we drift with the herd through an endless meadow of mediocrity, unable to break loose, to achieve even a small part of the dreams we once cherished.
More Og Mandino Quotes
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True happiness lies within you.
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Each problem has a positive side.
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Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity, but with it you can accomplish miracles.
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Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.
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Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
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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.
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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.
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What is past is past. You can do nothing about yesterday and last month and the failures of last year, but you can do everything toward making tomorrow and the rest of your life what you always dreamed it could be.
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Use wisely your power of choice.
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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.
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Never settle for the crumbs of life.
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Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.
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My days of whining and complaining about others have come to an end. Nothing is easier than fault finding. All it will do is discolor my personality so that none will want to associate with me. That was my old life. No more.
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Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.
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I will welcome happiness for 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.
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Never, in all of the seventy billion humans who have walked this planet since the beginning of time has there been anyone exactly like you.
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Already I am smiling in anticipation of the good to come.
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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.
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Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.
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I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand.
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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.
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So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult. I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking.
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A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.
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You will achieve your grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day.
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