Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

About Og Mandino

Augustine "Og" Mandino II (December 12, 1923 – September 3, 1996) was an American writer. The author of The Greatest Salesman in the World, his books have sold over 50 million copies and have been translated into over 25 languages. He was the president of Success Unlimited magazine until 1976...

More quotations from Og Mandino

Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.

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

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.

I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.

Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.

More quotations tagged with “adversity”

Adversity does teach who your real friends are.

—Lois McMaster Bujold

In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

—John Churton Collins

You will never truly know yourself or the strength of your relationships until both have been tested by adversity.

—J. K. Rowling

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter.

—Henry Fielding