42 Og Mandino Quotes On Success

Augustine “Og” Mandino II was an American author. He is the author of the bestselling book “The Greatest Salesman in the World”. His books have sold over 50 million copies and have been translated into over 25 languages. Below are some of the most inspiring Og Mandino quotes.

Og Mandino Quotes (The Greatest Salesman In the World)

1. “Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” – Og Mandino

2. “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og Mandino

3. “Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools.” – Og Mandino

4. “Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.”- Og Mandino

5. “One of the things is we tend to give up too soon. We get knocked down a couple of times, and we stay down. It’s so important to get back up again.” – Og Mandino

6. “Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.” – Og Mandino

7. “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

8. “Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment.” – Og Mandino

9. “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

10. “Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.” – Og Mandino

11. “I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.” – Og Mandino

12. “Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.” – Og Mandino

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13. “Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” – Og Mandino

14. “Do all things with love.” – Og Mandino

15. “Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is…the highway to success.” – Og Mandino

16. “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 so with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.” – Og Mandino

17. “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

18. “Always take another step. If this is to no avail take another, and yet another. One step at a time is not too difficult.” – Og Mandino

19. “Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don’t look back at it too long. Mistakes are life’s way of teaching you.” – Og Mandino

20. “The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by dispersing his effort over many chores, may fail to accomplish anything. Drops of water, by continually falling, hone their passage through the hardest of rocks but the hasty torrent rushes over it with hideous uproar and leaves no trace behind.” – Og Mandino

21. “The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.” – Og Mandino

22. “Today, and every day, deliver more than you are getting paid to do. The victory of success will be half won when you learn the secret of putting out more than is expected in all that you do. Make yourself so valuable in your work that eventually you will become indispensable. Exercise your privilege to go the extra mile, and enjoy all the rewards you receive. You deserve them!” – Og Mandino

23. “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

24. “Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.” – Og Mandino

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25. “Only a habit can subdue another habit.” – Og Mandino

26. “I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render. Those that reach the top are the ones who are not content with doing only what is required of them.” – Og Mandino

27. “Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.” – Og Mandino

28. “Today will never happen again. Don’t waste it with a false start or no start at all.” – Og Mandino

29. “The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to achieving your dreams.” – Og Mandino

30. “Wealth is good when it brings joy to others.” – Og Mandino

31. “In truth, the only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure. Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedeth all others is—I will form good habits and become their slave.” – Og Mandino

32. “Wealth should never be your goal in life. True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse.” – Og Mandino

33. “Your only limitations are those you set up in your mind or permit others to set up for you.” – Og Mandino

34. “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

35. “Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that soft word of praise or thanks, that delivery of the very best that you can do. It does not matter what others think, it is of prime importance, however, what you think about you. You can never do your best, which should always be your trademark if you are cutting corners and shirking responsibilities. You are special. Act it. Never neglect the little things.” – Og Mandino

36. “Men don’t fail; they give up trying.” – Og Mandino

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37. “You will achieve grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day — not long and difficult projects, but chores that will take you, step by step, toward your rainbow. Write them down, if you must, but limit your list so that you won’t have to drag today’s undone matters into tomorrow. Remember that you cannot build your pyramid in twenty-four hours. Be patient. Never allow your day to become so cluttered that you neglect your most important goal — to do the best you can, enjoy this day, and rest satisfied with what you have accomplished.” – Og Mandino

38. “Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!” – Og Mandino

39. “It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world.” – Og Mandino

40. “For he is not poor who has little; only he that desires much … and true security lies not in the things one has but in the things one can do without.” – Og Mandino

41. “Work is not your enemy but your friend. How you work, not what you do, determines the course of your life. You may work grudgingly or you may work gratefully; you may work as a human or you may work as a robot. There is no work so rude that you may not exalt in it; no work so demeaning that you cannot breathe soul into it; no work so dull that you may not enliven it.” – Og Mandino

42. “I would rather try to succeed and fail than try to do nothing and succeed.” – Og Mandino

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