The wind is never for the sailor who knows not to what port he is bound. Og Mandino More Quotes by Og Mandino More Quotes From Og Mandino I will persist. I will always take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. Og Mandino one-step-at-a-time famous-inspirational steps Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard you well through all the darkest valleys you must traverse. Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be discerned from the mountaintop. So will you learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of good. Find it and prosper. Og Mandino adversity stars principles 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. Og Mandino good-morning good-day opportunity Nothing is easier than fault finding. Og Mandino fault-finding easier faults If I must be a slave to habit let me be a slave to good habits. Og Mandino slave let-me habit Opportunities, many times, are so small that we glimpse them not and yet they are often the seeds of great enterprises. Opportunities are also everywhere and so you must always let your hook be hanging. When you least expect it, a great fish will swim by. Og Mandino hook swim opportunity 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. Og Mandino pain attitude positive First, recognize that you are not a sheep who will be satisfied with only a few nibbles of dry grass or with following the herd as they wander aimlessly, bleating and whining, all of their days. Separate yourself now from the multitude of humanity so that you will be able to control your own destiny. Remember that what others think and say and do need never influence what you think and say and do. Og Mandino destiny sheep thinking Your only limitations are those you set up in your mind, or permit others to set up for you. Og Mandino mind motivational inspirational 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. Og Mandino crime terrible lows Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity. Og Mandino triumph adversity wisdom My days of whining and complaining about others have come to an end. Nothing is easier than fault finding. All it will do is discolor my personality so that none will want to associate with me. That was my old life. No more. Og Mandino personality complaining want For the rest of my life there are two days that will never again trouble me. The first day is yesterday with all its blunders and tears, follies and defeats. Yesterday has passed away, beyond my control forever. The other day is tomorrow with all its pitfalls and threats, its dangers and mystery. Until the sun rises again I have no stake in tomorrow, for it is still unborn. Og Mandino yesterday forever two 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. Og Mandino golden-opportunity good-day morning I will remove from my vocabulary such words and phrases as quit, cannot, unable, impossible, out of the question, improbable, failure, unworkable, hopeless, and retreat; for they are the words of fools. Og Mandino vocabulary phrases greatness My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action. Og Mandino dust goal dream I'd rather learn how to prevent failure than how to gain success, because for what is success other than a state of mind? Og Mandino gains states mind With no goals, no priorities, no life strategy of our own, we drift with the herd through an endless meadow of mediocrity, unable to break loose, to achieve even a small part of the dreams we once cherished. Og Mandino goal dream motivational I will greet this day with love in my heart. For this is the greatest secret of success in all ventures. Muscles can split a shield and even destroy life itself but only the unseen power of love can open the hearts of man. Og Mandino secret heart men Most humans, in varying degrees, are already dead. In one way or another they have lost their dreams, their ambitions, their desire for a better life. They have surrendered their fight for self-esteem and they have compromised their great potential. They have settled for a life of mediocrity, days of despair and nights of tears. They are no more than living deaths confined to cemeteries of their choice. Yet they need not remain in that state. They can be resurrected from their sorry condition. They can each perform the greatest miracle in the world. They can each come back from the dead. Og Mandino self-esteem sorry dream
