Failure - A Step Toward Success

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

No Hiding from Success

Never again clutter your days or nights with so many
menial and unimportant things that you have no time
to accept a real challenge when it comes along.
This applies to play as well as work.
A day merely survived is no cause for celebration.
You are not here to fritter away your precious hours
when you have the ability to accomplish so much
by making a slight change in your routine.
No more busy work.
No more hiding from success.
Leave time, leave space, to grow.
Now. Now! Not tomorrow!

- Og Mandino

Jump In With Gusto

To do anything truly worth doing,
I must not stand back shivering
and thinking of the cold and danger,
but jump in with gusto and scramble through
as well as I can.

- Og Mandino

For the Rest of My Life

For the rest of my life, on this day of days, please help me ...

to do unto others as I would have them do unto me,

to give more of myself, every hour, than is expected,

to set goals and hold fast to my dreams,

to search for the good in every adversity that befalls me,

to perform all my duties with enthusiasm and love,

and above all, to be myself.

- Og Mandino, The Return of the Ragpicker