Og Mandino Quotes

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.

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

Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.

A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.

Already I am smiling in anticipation of the good to come.

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

True security lies not in the things one has, but in the things one can do without.

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.

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.

I have been given eyes to see and a mind to think, and now I know a great secret of life, for I perceive, at last, that all my problems, discouragements , and heartaches are, in truth, great opportunities in disguise.