Do that which you dread and cherish those victories with pride. Og Mandino More Quotes by Og Mandino More Quotes From Og Mandino Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile! Og Mandino motivational positive inspirational I will walk where failures fear to walk. Og Mandino walks inspirational So long as there is breath in me, that long will I persist. Og Mandino persist breaths long I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy. Og Mandino sand cry purpose If the ingredients for happiness are not within a person, no material success or entertainment or platinum credit cards can make that person smile. Og Mandino ingredients credit cards God will never give you any problems that he thinks you can't solve. Og Mandino problem giving thinking Many years ago, when I was just about as complete a failure as one can become, I began to spend a good deal of time in libraries, looking for some answers. I found all the answers I needed in that golden vein of ore that every library has. Og Mandino library veins years Green grass grows where dry desert ends. Og Mandino desert dry green The wind is never for the sailor who knows not to what port he is bound. Og Mandino port sailor wind Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Og Mandino effort joy lying Choice! The key is choice. You have options. You need not spend your life wallowing in failure, ignorance, grief, poverty, shame, and self-pity. But hold on! If this is true then why have so many among us apparently elected to live in this manner? The answer is obvious. Those who live in unhappy failure have never exercised their options for a better way of life because they have never been aware that had any choices Og Mandino grief keys ignorance My procrastination which has held me back was born of fear ... now I know that to conquer fear I must always act without hesitation and the flutters in my heart will vanish. Now I know that action reduces the lion of terror.... I will walk where the failure fears to walk. Og Mandino greatness procrastination heart The master of a single trade can support a family. The master of seven trades cannot support himself. The wind is never for the sailor who knows not to what port he is bound. Og Mandino support work wind The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny. Og Mandino my-destiny slaughterhouses destiny The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the beginning; and it is not given to me to know how many steps are necessary in order to reach my goal. Failure I may still encounter at the thousandth step, yet success hides behind the next bend in the road. Never will I know how close it lies unless I turn the corner. Og Mandino greatness journey lying Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Og Mandino obstacles victory-and-defeat struggle A field of clay touched by the genius of man becomes a castle. Og Mandino clay fields men Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools. Og Mandino calendars fool inspirational The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Og Mandino motivation inspiration success 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 yet depend on the charity of a flower for life. Og Mandino firefly butterfly flower