Data de nascimento: 12. Dezembro 1923
Data de falecimento: 3. Setembro 1996
Og Mandino foi um escritor nascido na Itália e que viveu nos Estados Unidos da América.
Foi um "guru" do setor de vendas. Presidiu a revista Success Unlimited até 1976, quando, aos 52 anos, "chocou o setor ao renunciar à presidência para dedicar-se em tempo integral a escrever e dar palestras" .
Ex-alcoólatra que quase chegou ao suicídio, tornou-se milionário ao publicar O Maior Vendedor do Mundo. Tornou-se um dos autores mais inspiradores e bem sucedidos no segmento denominado auto-ajuda, principalmente com livros voltados para vendas. Seus livros venderam mais de 50 milhões de cópias e foram traduzidos em vinte e cinco idiomas. Og Mandino integra o "National Speakers Association Hall Of Fame". Tornou-se a décima terceira pessoa a ser incluída no Passeio da Fama dos Oradores Internacionais.
— Og Mandino
Og Mandino citado em "Frases Geniais" - Página 22, Paulo Buchsbaum, Ediouro Publicações, 2004, ISBN 8500015330, 9788500015335 - 440 páginas
— Og Mandino, livro O Maior Vendedor do Mundo
The Greatest Salesman in the World (1968), I will avoid despair but if this disease of the mind infects me then I will work on in despair. I will ignore the obstacles at my feet and keep my eyes on the goals above my head, for I know that where desert ends, green grass grows.
Decimo capitulo: The Scroll Marked III, página 66.
— Og Mandino, livro O Maior Vendedor do Mundo
The Greatest Salesman in the World (1968), Always I will take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult. I will persist until I succeed.
Decimo capitulo: The Scroll Marked III, página 65.
— Og Mandino, livro O Maior Vendedor do Mundo
The Greatest Salesman in the World (1968), Context: I will persist until I succeed.
I was not deIivered unto this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd.
Ch. 10 : The Scroll Marked III, p. 64.
— Og Mandino, livro O Maior Vendedor do Mundo
The Greatest Salesman in the World (1968), Context: Henceforth I will look upon all things with love and I will be born again. I will love the sun for it warms my bones; yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit. I will love the light for it shows me the way; yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars. I will welcome happiness because it enlarges my heart; yet I will endure sadness because it opens my soul. I will acknowledge rewards because they are my due; yet I will welcome obstacles because they are my challenge.
I will greet this day with love in my heart.
Ch. 9 : The Scroll Marked II, p. 59.
— Og Mandino, livro O Maior Vendedor do Mundo
The Greatest Salesman in the World (1968), Context: I will become a firefly and even in the day my glow will be seen in spite of the sun. Let others be as butterflies who preen their wings and yet depend upon the charity of a flower for life. I will be as the firefly and my light will brighten the world.
Ch. 16 : The Scroll Marked IX, p. 94.
— Og Mandino, livro O Maior Vendedor do Mundo
The Greatest Salesman in the World (1968), Context: Always I will take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult.
I will persist until I succeed.
Ch. 10 : The Scroll Marked III, p. 65.
— Og Mandino, livro O Maior Vendedor do Mundo
The Greatest Salesman in the World (1968), Context: I will become a firefly and even in the day my glow will be seen in spite of the sun. Let others be as butterflies who preen their wings and yet depend upon the charity of a flower for life. I will be as the firefly and my light will brighten the world.
Ch. 16 : The Scroll Marked IX, p. 94.
— Og Mandino, livro O Maior Vendedor do Mundo
The Greatest Salesman in the World (1968), Context: I will act now.
For now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the evil become good. I am not evil. Tomorrow is the day when the weak become strong. I am not weak. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure.
I will act now.
Ch. 16 : The Scroll Marked IX, p. 96.
— Og Mandino, livro O Maior Vendedor do Mundo
The Greatest Salesman in the World (1968), Context: I will commit not the terrible crime of aiming too low. I will do the work that a failure will not do. I will always let my reach exceed my grasp.
Ch. 15 : The Scroll Marked VIII, p. 91.
— Og Mandino, The Greatest Salesman in the World (2001): 2001 Gift Edition
