A Better Way to Live Quotes

“Yet I know so well from experience that in the final showdown your future is strictly up to you. No book, no lecture, or rabbi, and no motivational tape, can do anything toward altering the way you live unless *you* are determined to pay the price in time and effort and sacrifice and pain. The choice is yours . . . and yours alone.”
― Og Mandino, A Better Way to Live

“Setting goals is easy. As with New Year’s resolutions, any of us can jot down long lists of things we hope to accomplish in the future . . . but then we continue to live exactly as we have in the past.”
― Og Mandino, A Better Way to Live

“Now, how do you suppose you would treat everyone you meet today, if you knew that they would be gone forever at day’s end? You know how. With more consideration and care and tenderness and love than you ever have before.”
― Og Mandino, A Better Way to Live

“Above all, greet the morning with a smile.”
― Og Mandino, A Better Way to Live

“Surprise everyone. Change your work habits. Go the extra mile!”
― Og Mandino, A Better Way to Live

“It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy.”
― Og Mandino, A Better Way to Live

“Lord, Forgive Me When I Whine! Today, upon a bus, I saw a lovely girl with golden hair, I envied her … she seemed so gay … and wished I were as fair. When suddenly she rose to leave, I saw her hobble down the aisle; She had one leg and wore a crutch; But as she passed … a smile! Oh, God forgive me when I whine, I have two legs. The world is mine! I stopped to buy some candy. The lad who sold it had such charm. I talked with him. He seemed so glad. If I were late ’twould do no harm. And as I left he said to me, “I thank you. You have been so kind. It’s nice to talk with folks like you. You see,” he said, “I’m blind.” Oh, God, forgive me when I whine, I have two eyes. The world is mine. Later, while walking down the street, I saw a child with eyes of blue. He stood and watched the others play. He did not know what to do. I stopped a moment, then I said, “Why don’t you join the others, dear?” He looked ahead without a word, and then I knew he could not hear. Oh, God forgive me when I whine. I have two ears. The world is mine. With feet to take me where I’d go, with eyes to see the sunset’s glow, With ears to hear what I would know … Oh, God forgive me when I whine. I’m blessed indeed. The world is mine. Author Unknown”
― Og Mandino, A Better Way to Live: Og Mandino's Own Personal Story of Success Featuring 17 Rules to Live By

“Our worth is always determined by our deeds, not by our good intentions, however noble.”
― Og Mandino, A Better Way to Live: Og Mandino's Own Personal Story of Success Featuring 17 Rules to Live By