Seeds of Success #1 / Og Mandino

“God, I thank you for this day.  I know I have not accomplished as yet all you expect of me, and if that is your reason for bathing me in the fresh dew of another dawn, I am most grateful. I am prepared, at last, to make you proud of me.”

~ Og Mandino

Seeds of Success #2 / Og Mandino

“I will forget yesterday, with all its trials and tribulations, aggravations and setbacks, angers and frustrations.  The past is already a dream from which I can neither retrieve a single word nor erase any foolish deeds.  I will resolve, however, if I have injured anyone through my thoughtlessness, I will not let this day’s sun set before I make amends, and nothing I do today will be of greater importance.”

~ Og Mandino

Seeds of Success #3 / Og Mandino

“I will not fret the future. My success and happiness does not depend on straining to see what lurks dimly on the horizon but to do this day what lies clearly at hand.”

~ Og Mandino

Seeds of Success #4 / Og Mandino

“I will treasure this day because it is all I have. I know it’s rushing hours cannot be accumulated or stored like precious grain for future use.”

~ Og Mandino

Seeds of Success #5 / Og Mandino

“I will live this day as all good actors do when they are onstage, only in the moment. I cannot perform at my best today regretting my past acts mistakes or worrying about the scene to come.”

~ Og Mandino

Seeds of Success #6 / Og Mandino

“I will embrace today’s difficult tasks, take off my coat and make dust in the world. I know the busier I am, the less harm I am apt to suffer, the tastier will be my food, the sweeter my sleep and the better satisfied I will be with my place in the world.”

~ Og Mandino

Seeds of Success #7 / Og Mandino

“I will free myself today from slavery to the clock and calendar and though I will plan this day to conserve my steps and energy; I will begin to measure my life in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not seasons; and in feelings, not figures on a dial.”

~ Og Mandino