“ Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own. Og Mandino
“ Nothing can bring the hurt of loneliness upon a man so swiftly as to pass a strange house in the dark and witness, in the lamplight from within, a family breaking evening bread together. Og Mandino
“ Never will I overindulge the requests of my flesh, rather I will cherish my body with cleanliness and moderation. Og Mandino
“ My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action. I will act now. Og Mandino
“ I will persist until I succeed. I was not delivered into this world into defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to… Og Mandino
“ I will know that only those with inferior ability can always be at their best, and I am not inferior. There will be days when I must constantly struggle against forces which would tear me down. Those… Og Mandino
“ 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
“ Failure no longer will be my payment for struggle. Just as nature made no provision for my body to tolerate pain neither has it made any provision for my life to suffer failure. Failure, like pain, is… Og Mandino
“ As a child I was slave to my impulses; now I am slave to my habits, as are all grown men. Og Mandino
“ A good many of our higher-bracket businessmen might have been just as rich, just as powerful, but more respected and infinitely happier, if they had taken the slower and longer road of absolute ethica… Og Mandino
“ Pirmiausia reikia stengtis gyventi dabar, šią akimirką. Tačiau vien gyventi maža. Žmogus privalo išnaudoti visą jam Dievo duotą galią, visas galimybes. Og Mandino
“ My son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important, to acquire peace of mind and serenity. Og Mandino
“ Most of them are already so puffed up with their imagined importance that they have no idea how silly they sound. Og Mandino
“ Feelings … moods and … emotions will follow action. If you want to be enthusiastic … act enthusiastically. Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are… Og Mandino
“ Experience is comparable to fashion; an action that proved successful today will be unworkable and impractical tomorrow. Only principles endure Og Mandino
“ I am the end product of thousands of years of evolution; therefore, I am better equipped in both mind and body than all the emperors and wise men who preceded me. Og Mandino
“ Poverty may be a privilege and even a way of life for the monk in the desert, for he has only himself to sustain and none but his god to please, but I consider poverty to be the mark of a lack of abil… Og Mandino
“ It will become stronger and more protective with use until one day I will cast it aside and walk unencumbered among all manners of men and, when I do, my name will be raised high on the pyramid of lif… Og Mandino
“ If I feel depressed I will sing. If I feel sad I will laugh. If I feel ill I will double my labor. If I feel fear I will plunge ahead. If I feel inferior I will wear new garments. If I feel uncertain… Og Mandino
