All the gold in the world cannot buy a dying man one more breath--so what does that make today worth? Og Mandino More Quotes by Og Mandino More Quotes From Og Mandino I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars. Og Mandino stars positive inspirational You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity and the sour sound of whining. Og Mandino self sound winning Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. Og Mandino smile happy happiness Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day. Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business. Nothing external can have any power over you unless you permit it. Your time is too precious to be sacrificed in wasted days combating the menial forces of hate, jealously, and envy. Guard your fragile life carefully. Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child can pull it to pieces. Og Mandino hate life children Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again. Og Mandino motivational inspirational life 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. Og Mandino gratitude appreciation inspirational You will move in the direction you are facing. Og Mandino moving I will greet this day with love in my heart. And how will I do this? Henceforth will I look on all things with love and be born 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 as 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. Og Mandino happiness love life He who worries about calamities suffers them twice over. Og Mandino calamity suffering worry Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious. Og Mandino smile listening funny Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts. Og Mandino strong weak action You can't conquer reality by running away from it. Og Mandino running-away running reality Today will never happen again. Don't waste it with a false start or no start at all. Og Mandino moving-on morning inspirational Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. Og Mandino success motivational inspirational 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. Og Mandino perseverance succeed motivational Journey quietly on your pathway to forever with charity & a smile. When you depart it will be said by all that your legacy was a better world than the one you found. Og Mandino sadness journey forever 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. Og Mandino pain self laughing Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. 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. Don't waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail. Og Mandino good-morning success positive I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Og Mandino sand mountain purpose Action will destroy your procrastination. Og Mandino procrastination self-esteem clever
