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. You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity, and the sour sound of whining will certainly frighten away any opportunity for success. Never again. There is a better way.


Og Mandino

  Email Quote to Friends   Link to Quote   Create Short URL  Publish Text About This Quote   Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more
  See Recommended Quotes For You

Related

I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES
Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you...
C. JOYBELL C.
Success loves preparation. If the perfect opportunity is being presented itself today, you must grab...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
No one can take your ability to love away from you. You may go through a period of pain. You may eve...
AKIROQ BROST
Honour the present moment with dedication & commitment.You will experience a vibrant response & will...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Cowardice is when you hide away from your real self, and wear another self in pretense. Be yourself;...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR
Be there for others but not at the cost your commited way of living.Be yourself & never allow to def...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself. When you are carried away with your worr...
THICH NHAT HANH
Be positive.Positive attitude is a result of a balanced life plan, supported by a daily willingness ...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Celebrate your success & be proud but never be arrogant.Arrogance is not good for your ideal self be...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Self confidence paves way for a powerful personality.If you are not confident of your action & decis...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your...
JANE AUSTEN
Build this day on a foundation of pleasant thoughts. Never fret at any imperfections that you fear m...
OG MANDINO
He who knows the past well can best explain the present and can tell the probable certainties and un...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH
(All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON
A true friend will never console you in times of failure because consolation brings about self pity ...
STEPHEN .R. ANYAEGBU
If God give you strength and courage, don't use it to intimidate people or overpower them, rather us...
ANTHONY LICCIONE
Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, a...
OG MANDINO
Never shy away from opportunity and wholehearted living. Never be fearful of putting yourself out th...
ANTHON ST. MAARTEN
Oh, I should probably set a few ground rules before we do this.”
“Oh?” I turn at the wais...
J.A. REDMERSKI
Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time. Each day is a new opport...
STEVE MARABOLI
Accepting day to day challenge is way of testing your patience, attitude & determination. In every c...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Hiding, secrets, and not being able to be yourself is one of the worst things ever for a person. It ...
GRACE JONES
You will never overcome your self righteousness if you continue to believe that God prefers you over...
SHANNON L. ALDER
Act as if you are going to live for ever and cast your plans way ahead. You must feel responsible wi...
HYMAN GEORGE RICKOVER
Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. A...
PABLO PICASSO
The heart will never allow you to do something wrong. Your inner voice is always right. So you shoul...
BHAWANA JAIN
What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listeni...
MAXWELL MALTZ
What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listeni...
MAXWELL MALTZ
Writing is a puzzle you'll spend your lifetime unlocking. You will never know it all; you will n...
HOLLY LISLE
The moment your dreams and your revelation take a special direction while your plans and actions tak...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR
We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL
Anger - a beast within us that needs taming.
SARU SINGHAL
He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be.
CRAIG GROESCHEL
Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, ...
OG MANDINO
Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yoursel...
MARIO ANDRETTI
Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourse...
MARIO ANDRETTI
The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a...
JEANETTE CORON
Never let the emotions of the past tie you down for your future to slaughter. Resist every opportuni...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR
He's gawking at me when I open the door.
"Damn girl," he says, looking me over, "what the hell...
J.A. REDMERSKI
Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play.
J.R. RIM
You must love yourself. Each and every day: You must give yourself kindness, compassion, grace, forg...
AKIROQ BROST
Pastor Smith did not have the religious constitution needed to provide salvation for any of us who�...
CHERYL R COWTAN
Never lament on pains of past. When you let go the past & makes your present a happening moment, sur...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
...until the memory of your loved one is just... poison in your veins. And one day, you catch yourse...
RA'S AL GHUL
Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you ar...
WILLIAM J. H. BOETCKER
Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH
when one's avenue of retreat is cut off there is only one way to go - forward.
OG MANDINO
You must never forget that when your gift, becomes part of your purpose. Your purpose will suffer pe...
SUSIE L HILL
Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597 The man who will and can go to our Lord in all freedom... ...
MEISTER ECKHART
Avoid self-pity, or the pity and sympathy of others. Never allow others to make you feel inferior.
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Often in life, you are forced to choose a different path than the one you desire, it is not fair, bu...
ZENA ABOU ALNASER
I have always felt that although someone may defeat me, and I strike out in a ball game, the pitcher...
HANK AARON
I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It i...
FLANNERY O'CONNOR
Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind....
GAUTAMA BUDDHA
You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under...
DAMON HILL
Keep a positive attitude, never allow your attitude to stand between your happiness and you.Keeping ...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
A soulmate will never leave you. They will always be apart of your life until one day the chance is ...
FAYE HALL
Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty.
BRIAN JACQUES
If you can't be you without the biased views of what you should be you will not like your authentic ...
KAT MORGAN
Never let a bad day cause you to give a lack of effort in life. When you are downs your experiences ...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Life is only a disappointment when you allow the negative things keep you in self-pity. The more you...
LAURA E. BRUSSEAU
The future is never just one choice. It's a thousand. And they never stop. You will choose your futu...
CORA CARMACK
The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people.
CRAIG GROESCHEL
There is always a good choice and there is always a better choice. There is always the best choice a...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH
Portraits your imagination & thoughts into a positive plan. Make a mental blue print, your mind will...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
There IS a better future for you! Get rid of that negative and defeated attitude. Stop tearing yours...
STEPHANIE LAHART
Gratitude enables you to be fearless, and to never shy away from reveling in every moment of your li...
JANICE ANDERSON
Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never b...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
Never forget who you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
His face spreads into a warm smile. “As a matter of fact, no, I have never slept under the stars �...
J.A. REDMERSKI
History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
There will always be someone willing to hurt you, put you down, gossip about you, belittle your acco...
SHANNON L. ALDER
The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by ...
MARGARET ATWOOD
Erase from your vocabulary the word “someday.” Do not save things for “special occasions.” T...
RODOLFO COSTA
You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently.
Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m...
SARAH J. MAAS
Don't let someone else's negativity take away from your positive energy and joy & never take any mom...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Nobody can turn you into a slave unless you allow them. Nobody can make you afraid of anything, unle...
SUZY KASSEM
Nobody can turn you into a slave unless you allow them. Nobody can make you afraid of anything, unle...
SUZY KASSEM
Unlock your dream with the key of passion & motivation It will open the door of fortune to make your...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Millions of candles can be lighted from a single candle and the lifespan of that single candle will ...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR
Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will no...
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
You may dream of the future, or prepare for the future or even fear the future, but you may never en...
AARON SANTOS
On your track to success, never forget that you are crossing many rivers. Yes you are! And each of t...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR
We are all beautiful instruments of God. He created many notes in music so that we would not be stuc...
SUZY KASSEM
Don't settle for a normal life. Not when you can enjoy the wonderful weirdness of being who God crea...
CRAIG GROESCHEL
You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under...
DAMON HILL
Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do be...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Attitude is foundation of worthiness & success. It is your attitude which stipulates your first smal...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
The world is a mess. It seems that life gets harder on a personal level each and every day. Hug and ...
KEVIN NASH
My plant is probably dead."
Camryn looks slightly surprised. "You have a plant?"
I smile. ...
J.A. REDMERSKI
You will never really think hard about your life until your oxygen mask is taken away from you when ...
BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA
You must ask for God's help. Even when you have done so, it may seem to you for a long time that no ...
C.S. LEWIS
The comfort zone is always the most desirable place to be. But in settling for comfort, there is a p...
SIMON BARNES
Reyna looked at Percy without much hope. “You do have a plan?”
Percy wanted to step ...
RICK RIORDAN
The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. T...
T.H. WHITE
Never allow the opportunity to be victim of your fear of failure. If you encounter a set back strive...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
I pray to God to give you a happy life filled with compassion, kindness and peace. May joy never lea...
LATIKA TEOTIA
And what good is a voice when so few will listen?
STACEY JAY
Grab every chance given and do not throw it away; always cherish what you already have, for you neve...
IMANIA MARGRIA

More Og Mandino

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me th...
OG MANDINO
Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!
OG MANDINO
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
OG MANDINO
You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.
OG MANDINO
Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools.
OG MANDINO
Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory com...
OG MANDINO
Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way, surrounded by your family. Nur...
OG MANDINO
Build this day on a foundation of pleasant thoughts. Never fret at any imperfections that you fear m...
OG MANDINO
Live this day as if it will be your last. Remember that you will only find tomorrow on the calendars...
OG MANDINO
Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false p...
OG MANDINO
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the st...
OG MANDINO
To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as to...
OG MANDINO
Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don't look back at it too long. Mistakes ar...
OG MANDINO
Opportunities, many times, are so small that we glimpse them not and yet they are often the seeds of...
OG MANDINO
Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, ...
OG MANDINO
How do I change?
If I feel depressed I will sing.
If I feel sad I will laugh.
If ...
OG MANDINO
I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, eac...
OG MANDINO
You will achieve grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day -- not long and difficult p...
OG MANDINO
Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious sh...
OG MANDINO
There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed...
OG MANDINO
Take the attitude of a student, Never be to big to ask questions, Never know to much to learn someth...
OG MANDINO
It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or ...
OG MANDINO
The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good res...
OG MANDINO
The great difference between those who succeed and those who fail does not consist in the amount of ...
OG MANDINO
The master of a single trade can support a family. The master of seven trades cannot support himself...
OG MANDINO
Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory com...
OG MANDINO
Deliver more than you are getting paid to do. The victory of success will be half won when you learn...
OG MANDINO
One of the great undiscovered joys of life comes from doing everything one attempts to the best of o...
OG MANDINO
Today, and every day, deliver more than you are getting paid to do. The victory of success will be h...
OG MANDINO
Every memorable act in the history of the world is a triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever a...
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. ...
OG MANDINO
The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Eve...
OG MANDINO
Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, a...
OG MANDINO
Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way, surrounded by your family. Nur...
OG MANDINO
Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day...
OG MANDINO
Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the...
OG MANDINO
Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no ...
OG MANDINO
The only certain means of is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter wh...
OG MANDINO
Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory com...
OG MANDINO
Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn some...
OG MANDINO
There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.
OG MANDINO
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
OG MANDINO
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
OG MANDINO
Do all things with love.
OG MANDINO
Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
OG MANDINO
Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
OG MANDINO
I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of san...
OG MANDINO
I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracte...
OG MANDINO
I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.
OG MANDINO
To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as to...
OG MANDINO
I will form good habits and become their slave. And how will I accomplish this difficult feat? Throu...
OG MANDINO
The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of ra...
OG MANDINO
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to the...
OG MANDINO
Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have v...
OG MANDINO
I will not allow yesterday's success to lull me into today's complacency, for this is the great foun...
OG MANDINO
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend them a...
OG MANDINO
Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that...
OG MANDINO
Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of b...
OG MANDINO
Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and conten...
OG MANDINO
Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread: remade all the time, made new.
OG MANDINO
It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or w...
OG MANDINO
Each failure to sell will increase your chances for success at your next attempt.
OG MANDINO
Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.
OG MANDINO
Cherish each hour of this day for it can never return.
OG MANDINO
Treasure the love you have received above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health ...
OG MANDINO
To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and dange...
OG MANDINO
Pay less attention to what you HEAR about someone, and more to what you LEARN about them...as you ma...
OG MANDINO
Live this day as if it will be your last. Remember that you will only find ''tomorrow'' on the calen...
OG MANDINO
Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve ...
OG MANDINO
Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every dete...
OG MANDINO
No, my son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to...
OG MANDINO
Wealth, my son, should never be your goal in life. Your words are eloquent but they are mere words. ...
OG MANDINO
The difference between those who have failed and those who succeed lies in the difference of their h...
OG MANDINO
Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining selfpity, but as a remedy, a...
OG MANDINO
You will achieve grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day / not long and difficult pr...
OG MANDINO
Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today.
OG MANDINO
How do I change?
If I feel depressed I will sing.
If I feel sad I will laugh.
If I...
OG MANDINO
The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no m...
OG MANDINO
To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as to...
OG MANDINO
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to the...
OG MANDINO
I will greet this day with love in my heart. For this is the greatest secret of success in all ventu...
OG MANDINO
Treat everyone you meet as if he or she were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the ca...
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. I...
OG MANDINO
I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take ...
OG MANDINO
Every memorable act in the history of the world is a triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever a...
OG MANDINO
There are two kinds of discontented in this world, the discontented that works and the discontented ...
OG MANDINO
Only a habit can subdue another habit.
OG MANDINO
Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.
OG MANDINO
Most humans, in varying degrees, are already dead. In one way or another they have lost their dreams...
OG MANDINO
A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kin...
OG MANDINO
I will form good habits and become their slave.
OG MANDINO
when one's avenue of retreat is cut off there is only one way to go - forward.
OG MANDINO
I will greet this day with love in my heart. And how will I do this? Henceforth will I look on all t...
OG MANDINO
The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no m...
OG MANDINO
Extend to each person, no matter how trivial the contact, all the care and kindness and understandin...
OG MANDINO
Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure.
OG MANDINO
Never feel shame for trying and failing for he who has never failed is he who has never tried.
OG MANDINO