Og Mandino

“The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.”

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

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

“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.”

“Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.”

“I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.”

“It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality.”

“You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.”

“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 it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.”

“Do all things with love.”

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”

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

“To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as to put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day to the next until you're dead.”

“Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.”

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