Og Mandino Quotes

In truth, the only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure. Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedeth all others is - I will form good habits and become their slave.

What succeeds we keep, and it becomes the habit of mankind.

Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system.

Success is a matter of understanding and religiously practicing specific, simple habits that always lead to success.

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Achieve success in any area of life by identifying the optimum strategies and repeating them until they become habits.

Success, they taught me, is built on the foundation of courage, hard-work and individual responsibility. Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fears.

I think experience helps but it's not required to be successful.

If it weren't for my education, I truly wouldn't be as successful at my job as a model.

I always believe that the elders in my family are the reason for my success.

I know there are many great talents, much more talented than I am, but they haven't been able to achieve what I have.

The ultimate deal is: Are you winning and are you successful? The guys who've done that have had opportunities.

Without the help of my parents, the roles they played, I wouldn't be in this situation. I wouldn't be fighting for the world title.

I am just saying people can be successful even though they might not be well known.

Success lies in doing not what others consider to be great but what you consider to be right.

Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure.

The difference between people who succeed and people who fail, I think in many cases it’s not fear. Everyone experiences fear. The difference is what do you do with your fear. Do you work to overcome it or do you let it defeat you? And I think that is actually what distinguishes very successful people from others.

Probably any successful career has X number of breaks in it, and maybe the difference between successful people and those who aren't super achievers is taking advantage of those breaks.

I want to convince you that these kinds of personal explanations of success don't work. People don't rise from nothing....It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't.

I have all my life long been lying in bed till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.

It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.

The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might and force of habit. He must be quick to break those habits that can break him-and hasten to adopt those practices that will become the habits that help him achieve the success he desires.