Og Mandino Quotes

If I become overconfident I will recall my failures. If I overindulge I will think of past hungers. If I feel complacency I will remember my competition. If I enjoy moments of greatness I will remember moments of shame. If I feel all-powerful I will try to stop the wind. If I attain great wealth I will remember one unfed mouth. If I become overly proud I will remember a moment of weakness. If I feel my skill is unmatched I will look at the stars. Today I will be master of my emotions.

feelings … moods and … emotions will follow action. If you want to be enthusiastic … act enthusiastically. Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.

manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.

experience is comparable to fashion; an action that proved successful today will be unworkable and impractical tomorrow. Only principles endure

True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse.

To have a happy family...is to enjoy an earlier heaven.

competition will always place your life in the hands of others, while initiative gives you the freedom to choose your own destiny …

Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own.

I will live this day as if it is my last. And if it is not, I shall fall to my knees and give thanks.

The creation of a thousand forests is in a single acorn.

will capitalize on this difference for it is an asset to be promoted to the fullest.

You merely picture in your mind having already accomplished or attained your goal, whatever it may be. Hold it firmly in your thoughts, picture it as already being yours, and amazing things will happen.

to have goals without a plan and a time limit was as useless as having no goals at all.

again. I will love the sun for it warms my bones; yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit. I will love the light for it shows me the way; yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars. 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.

No longer will I judge a man on one meeting; no longer will I fail to call again tomorrow on he who meets me with hate today.