10 Best Quotes from Og Mandino, author of best-selling self-help books.

Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.

The secret of success is to triple your rate of failure.

Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.

Your only limitations are those you set up in your mind, or permit others to set up for you.

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

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world.

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

Cherish each hour of this day for it can never return.

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