Quotes from Og Mandino

Nunca me preocuparé de que mis metas sean demasiado elevadas, puesto que, ¿no es mejor acaso apuntar mi lanza a la luna y herir solamente a un águila que apuntar mi lanza al águila y pegarle solamente a una roca?

El éxito no esperará. Si demoro, será como una novia que se casará con otro y la perderé para siempre. Ahora es el momento oportuno, éste es el lugar, yo soy el hombre. Procederé ahora mismo.

What you wish can only be accomplished by changing one person at a time.

GREATEST SALESMAN IN THE WORLD

As a child I was slave to my impulses; now I am slave to my habits, as are all grown men.

trepidation.

Truly, many times have you heard me say that the rewards are great if one succeeds but the rewards are great only because so few succeed. Many succumb to despair and fail without realizing that they already possess all the tools needed to acquire great wealth. Many others face each obstacle in their path with fear and doubt and consider them as enemies when, in truth, these obstructions are friends and helpers.

misgivings.

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.

trepidations

A morbid concentration on one's grievances with life will only make one's problems more severe. Far better to focus on one's successes, to gain confidence from seeing oneself winning out. Then one can forge ahead in life.

God, make him well, please. God, help him breathe, please. God, help him to see, please. A sound heart is the life of the flesh.

Today I shall give myself in sacrifice and work; for tomorrow I will have nothing to give and there will be none to receive.

I can accomplish far more than I have, and I will, for why should the miracle that produced me end with my brith? Why can I not extend that miracle to my deeds of today?

Th?t b?i là khi con ng??i không có kh? n?ng ??t ???c nh?ng m?c tiêu trong cuá»™c s?ng, b?t k? Ä'ó là m?c tiêu gì

Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedeth all others is—I will form good habits and become their slave.

I will read each scroll for thirty days in this prescribed manner, before I proceed to the next scroll.

First, I will read the words in silence when I arise. Then, I will read the words in silence after I have partaken of my midday meal. Last, I will read the words again just before I retire at day's end, and most important, on this occasion I will read the words aloud.

The Scroll Marked II I will greet this day with love in my heart.

The Scroll Marked III I will persist until I succeed.

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. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult.

pirmiausia reikia stengtis gyventi dabar, ši? akimirk?. Ta?iau vien gyventi maža. Žmogus privalo išnaudoti vis? jam Dievo duot? gali?, visas galimybes.

The Scroll Marked IV I am nature's greatest miracle.

The Scroll Marked V I will live this day as if it is my last.