"Never will I pursue happiness, because it is……" — Og Mandino

"Never will I pursue happiness, because it is not a goal, just a by-product, and there is no happiness in having or in getting, only in giving."

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201 Quotes by Og Mandino

Og Mandino has 201 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I will not allow yesterday's success to lull me into today's complacency, for this is the great foundation of failure.
Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck.
Opportunities, many times, are so small that we glimpse them not and yet they are often the seeds of great…
Every memorable act in the history of the world is a triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without…
All the gold in the world cannot buy a dying man one more breath--so what does that make today worth?
I will remove from my vocabulary such words and phrases as quit, cannot, unable, impossible, out of the question, improbable,…
My procrastination which has held me back was born of fear ... now I know that to conquer fear I…
The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the beginning; and it is not given…
I will persist until I succeed. I was not delivered into this world into defeat, nor does failure course in…
I will smile at friend and foe alike and make every effort to find, in him or her, a quality…
I will welcome happiness for it enlarges my heart; Yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul. I…
And I leave you now, not with sadness but with satisfaction and joy that we came together and walked, arm…

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More Giving Quotes

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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be… — Hannah Arendt
I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can… — Alexis Arguello
I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently;… — Aristotle
I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service. — Richard Bach
Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They… — Karen Armstrong
Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself… — Johann Arndt
Give yourself something to work toward - constantly. — Mary Kay Ash
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. — Arthur Ashe
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great… — Isaac Asimov
For it is in giving that we receive. — Francis of Assisi

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