Og Mandino
32 quotes
Biography
Augustine "Og" Mandino II was an American writer. The author of The Greatest Salesman in the World, his books have sold over 50 million copies and have been translated into over 25 languages.
"Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats."
"Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success."
"The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such."
"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."
"Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence."
"Never feel shame for trying and failing for he who has never failed is he who has never tried."
"My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible.All are of no value unless they are followed by action."
"Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrows good luck."
"I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted."
"Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later."
"Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity."
"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough."
"I will avoid despair but if this disease of the mind infects me then I will work on in despair. I will toil and I will endure. I will ignore the obstacles at my feet and keep my eyes on the goals above my head, for I know that where dry desert ends, green grass grows."
"Each day will be triumphant only when your smiles bring forth smiles from others."
"Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold."
"A field of clay touched by the genius of man becomes a castle."
"I will commit not the terrible crime of aiming too low. I will do the work that a failure will not do. I will always let my reach exceed my grasp."
"I will become a firefly and even in the day my glow will be seen in spite of the sun. Let others be as butterflies who preen their wings and yet depend upon the charity of a flower for life. I will be as the firefly and my light will brighten the world."
"Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new."
"It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality."
"You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home."
"Do all things with love."
"It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality."
"To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as to put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day to the next until you're dead."
"Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!"