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I will live this day as if it is my last. …I will waste not a moment mourning yesterday’s misfortunes, Yesterday’s defeats, yesterday’s aches of the heart, for why should I throw good after bad?”
I will live this day as if it is my last. This day is all I have and these hours are now my eternity. I greet this sunrise with cries of joy as a prisoner who is reprieved from death. I lift mine arms with thanks for this priceless gift of a new day. So too, I will beat upon my heart with gratitude as I consider all who greeted yesterday’s sunrise who are no longer with the living today. I am indeed a fortunate man and today’s hours are but a bonus, undeserved. Why have I been allowed to live this extra day when others, far better than I, have departed? Is it that they have accomplished their purpose while mine is yet to be achieved? Is this another opportunity for me to become the man I know I can be?
“I will live this day as if it is my last. …I will waste not a moment mourning yesterday’s misfortunes, Yesterday’s defeats, yesterday’s aches of the heart, for why should I throw good after bad?”
I will live this day as if it is my last. This day is all I have and these hours are now my eternity. I greet this sunrise with cries of joy as a prisoner who is reprieved from death. I lift mine arms with thanks for this priceless gift of a new day. So too, I will beat upon my heart with gratitude as I consider all who greeted yesterday’s sunrise who are no longer with the living today. I am indeed a fortunate man and today’s hours are but a bonus, undeserved. Why have I been allowed to live this extra day when others, far better than I, have departed? Is it that they have accomplished their purpose while mine is yet to be achieved? Is this another opportunity for me to become the man I know I can be?”
― Og Mandino, quote from The Greatest Salesman in the World
“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
“Tortoise shell gleamed from couches and divans and the walls, inlaid with gems, shimmered with brocades of the most painstaking design.”
(Chapter 1, Page 2)
“You have mastered the art of living not for yourself alone, but for others, and this concern has stamped thee above all, as a man among men.”
(Chapter 1, Page 6)
The Nature of Success
is about more than wealth: Rather,
The Greatest Salesman in the World
encourages prioritizing others’ needs and sharing success. Likewise, Hafid compliments his bookkeeper, Erasmus, for being devoted to others.
“Time is my most precious commodity and the hour glass of my life is nearly filled.”
(Chapter 1, Page 6)
Hafid metaphorically refers to his impending death. Like Pathros before him, it is only after a long, fulfilling life that he finally meets the successor meant to receive their 10 scrolls in a cyclical passing of knowledge.
“Were this room filled to its beams with diamonds, its value could not surpass what your eyes behold in this simple wooden box.”
(Chapter 2, Page 11)
As an old man, Hafid has lived a life of successes and failures and come to amass a great fortune due to his 10 scrolls. For t
The Greatest Salesman in the World Quotes
“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. ”
― Og Mandino, The Greatest Salesman in the World
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“Wealth, my son, should never be your goal in life. Your words are eloquent but they are mere words. True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse.”
― Og Mandino, The Greatest Salesman in the World
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“No, my son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important to acquire peace of mind and serenity.”
― Og Mandino, The Greatest Salesman in the World
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“I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render. Those that reach the top are the ones who are not content with doing only what is required of them.”
― Og Mandino, The Greatest Salesman in the World
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“Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, a