True security lies not in the things one has, but in the things one can do without. Og Mandino More Quotes by Og Mandino More Quotes From Og Mandino I will walk where failures fear to walk. Og Mandino walksinspirational So long as there is breath in me, that long will I persist. Og Mandino persistbreathslong I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy. Og Mandino sandcrypurpose 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 ingredientscreditcards God will never give you any problems that he thinks you can't solve. Og Mandino problemgivingthinking 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 libraryveinsyears Green grass grows where dry desert ends. Og Mandino desertdrygreen The wind is never for the sailor who knows not to what port he is bound. Og Mandino portsailorwind 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 effortjoylying 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 griefkeysignorance 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 greatnessprocrastinationheart 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 supportworkwind The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny. Og Mandino my-destinyslaughterhousesdestiny 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 greatnessjourneylying Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Og Mandino obstaclesvictory-and-defeatstruggle A field of clay touched by the genius of man becomes a castle. Og Mandino clayfieldsmen Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools. Og Mandino calendarsfoolinspirational The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Og Mandino motivationinspirationsuccess 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 fireflybutterflyflower You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home. Og Mandino adversityeventshome
