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 MANDINOLaugh 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.
More Og Mandino Quotes
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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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Your only limitations are those you set up in your mind, or permit others to set up for you.
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True happiness lies within you.
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Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
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I am not a human being, I am a human becoming.
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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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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.
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Nothing is easier than fault finding.
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You can’t conquer reality by running away from it.
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I will make love my greatest weapon and none on whom I call can defend against its force.
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Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated, not by a single explosive burst of energy or effort, but by the constant daily application of the best you have within you.
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So long as I can laugh, never will I be poor.
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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.
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Pay less attention to what you hear about someone, and more to what you learn about them as you make the effort.
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Each problem has a positive side.
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