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title: "2 Talent Self Quotes By Og Mandino"
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> [Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business. Nothing external can have any power over you unless you permit it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/remember-that-no-talent-no-self-denial-no-brains-no-character-are/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

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> [Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day. Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/never-allow-anyone-to-rain-on-your-parade-and-thus-cast-a-pall-of-2/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

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## More by Og Mandino

> [Don't let your success of today lay you into complacency for tomorrow. For that is the worst form of failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/don-t-let-your-success-of-today-lay-you-into-complacency-for-tomorrow/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

> [Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard you well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/search-for-the-seed-of-good-in-every-adversity-master-that-principle/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

> [I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/i-will-love-the-light-for-it-shows-me-the-way-yet-i-will-endure-the/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

> [Never settle for the crumbs of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/never-settle-for-the-crumbs-of-life/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

> [The smallest task, well done, becomes a miracle of achievement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/the-smallest-task-well-done-becomes-a-miracle-of-achievement/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

> [Laugh at yourself for man is most comical when he takes himself too seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/laugh-at-yourself-for-man-is-most-comical-when-he-takes-himself-too/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

> [Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/obstacles-are-necessary-for-success-because-in-selling-as-in-all/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

> [I will persist. I will always take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/i-will-persist-i-will-always-take-another-step-if-that-is-of-no-avail/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

> [Do the very best that you can, in the things you do best, and you will know in thy soul, that you are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/do-the-very-best-that-you-can-in-the-things-you-do-best-and-you-will/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/i-am-indeed-a-fortunate-man-and-today-s-hours-are-but-a-bonus/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

> [The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/the-person-who-knows-one-thing-and-does-it-better-than-anyone-else/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

> [Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/always-do-your-best-what-you-plant-now-you-will-harvest-later/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/i-will-live-this-day-as-if-it-is-my-last-i-will-waste-not-a-moment/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

> [To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/to-do-anything-truly-worth-doing-i-must-not-stand-back-shivering-and/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

> [What is past is past. You can do nothing about yesterday and last month and the failures of last year, but you can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/what-is-past-is-past-you-can-do-nothing-about-yesterday-and-last/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

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