Scroll Marked 3 (Internet Version)

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From book the greatest salesman in the world

by Og Mandino

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The Scroll Marked THREE

I will persist until I succeed.

                   In the orient young bulls are tested for the fight arena in a certain manner. Each is brought to the ring and allowed to attack a picador who pricks them with a lance. The bravery of each bull is then rated with care according to the number of times he demonstrates his willingness to charge in spite of the sting of the blade. Hence forth will I recognize that each day I am tested by life in the like manner. If I persist, if I continue to try, If I continue to charge forward, I will succeed.

                 I will persist until I succeed.

                I was not delivered unto this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep. I will hear not those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious. Let them join the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny.

               I will persist until I succeed.

              The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the beginning; and it is not given to me to know how many steps are necessary in order to reach my goal. Failure I may still encounter at the thousandth step, yet success hides behind the next bend in the road. Never will I know how close it lies unless I turn the corner. Always will I 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.

               Henceforth, I will consider each day’s effort as but one blow of my blade against the mighty oak. The first blow may cause not a tremor in the wood, nor the second, nor the third. Each blow, of itself, may be trifling and seem of no consequence. Yet from childish swipes the oak will eventually tumble. So it will be my efforts of today.

                I will be likened to the rain drop which washes away the mountain; the ant who devours a tiger; the star which brightens the earth; the slave who builds a pyramid. I will build my castle one brick at a time for I know that small attempts, repeated will complete any undertaking.

             I will persist until I succeed.

             I will never consider defeat and I will remove from my vocabulary such words and phrases as quit, cannot, unable, impossible, out of the question, improbable, failure, unworkable, hopeless, and retreat; for they are the words of fools. I will toil and I will endure. I will ignore the obstacles at my feet and keep mine eyes on the goals above my head, for I know that where dry desert ends, green grass grows.

             I will persist until I succeed.

             I will remember the ancient law of averages and I will bend it to my good. I will persist with knowledge that each failure to sell will increase my chance for success at the next attempt. Each nay I hear will bring me closer to the sound of yea. Each frown I meet only prepares me for the smile to come. Each misfortune I encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow’s good luck. I must have the night to appreciate the day. I must fail often to succeed only once.

           I will persist until I succeed.

           I will try, and try, and try again. Each obstacle I will consider as a mere detour to my goal and a challenge to my profession. I will persist and develop my skills as the mariner develops his, by learning to ride out the wrath of each storm.

           I will persist until I succeed.

            Henceforth, I will learn to apply another secret of those who excel in my work. When each day is ended, not regarding whether it has been a success or a failure, I will attempt to achieve one more sale. When my thoughts beckon my tired body homeward i will resist the temptation to depart. I will try again. I will make one more attempt to close with victory, and if that fails I will make another. Never will I allow any day to end with a failure. Thus I will plant the seed of tomorrow’s success and gain an insurmountable advantage over those who cause their labor at a prescribed time. When other cease their struggle, then mine will begin, and my harvest will be full.

             I will persist until I succeed.

             Nor will I allow yesterday’s success to lull me into today’s complacency, for this is the great foundation of failure. I will forget the happenings of the day that is gone, whether they were good or bad, and greet the new sun with confidence that this will be the best day of my life.

So long as there is breath in me, that long will I persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles of success; If I persist long enough I will win

           I will Persist.

             I will win.

- from "the greatest salesman in the world" Og mandino

Scroll Marked 2 (Internet Version)

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From book the greatest salesman in the world

by Og Mandino

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The Scroll Marked Two

I will greet this day with love in my heart.
For this is the greatest  secret of success in all ventures.
Muscle can split a shield and even destroy life
but only the unseen power of love can open the hearts of men
and until I master this art
I will remain no more than a peddler in the market place
I will make love my greatest weapon
and none on whom I call can defend against its force.

My reasoning they may counter
my speech they may distrust
my apparel they may disapprove
my face they may reject
and even my bargains may cause them suspicion
yet my love will melt all hearts
liken to the sun whose rays
soften the coldest clay.

I will greet this day with love in my heart.
and how will I do this?

henceforth will I look on 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 for it enlarges my heart,
yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul
I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due
yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge

I will greet this day with love in my heart
and how will I speak?

I will laud mine enemies and they will become friends
I will encourage my friends and they will become brothers
Always will I dig for reasons to applaud
never will I scratch for excuses to gossip.
when I am tempted to criticize
I will bite on my tongue
when I am moved to praise
I will shout from the roofs

Is it not so that the birds,
the wind,
the sea,

and all nature speaks
with music of praise for their creator?
cannot i speak with the same music to his children?
henceforth I will remember this secret and it will change my life.

I will greet this day with love in my heart.
and how will I act?

I will love all manners of men
for each qualities to be admired
even thou they be hidden
With love I will tear down
the wall of suspicion and hate
which they have built round their hearts
and in its place will I build
bridges so that my love may enter their souls

I will love the ambitious for they can inspire me
I will love the failures for they can teach me
I will love the kings for they are but human
I will love the meek for they are divine
I will love the rich for they are yet lonely
I will love the poor for they are so many
i will love the young for the faith they hold
I will love the old for the wisdom they share
I will love the beautiful for their eyes of sadness
I will love the ugly for their souls of peace

I will greet this day with love in my heart
But how will I react to the actions of others?

with love
for just as love is my weapon o open the hearts of men
love is also my shield
to repulse the arrows of hate and spears of anger
adversity and discouragement will beat against
my new shield
and become as softest of rains
my shield will protect me in the market place
and sustain me when I am alone
It will uplift in moments of despair
yet it will calm me in time of exultation

It will become stronger and stronger with use
until one day I will cast it aside
and walk unencumbered among all manners of men
and when I do
my name will be raised high on the pyramid of life

I will greet this day with love in my heart
and how will I confront each whom I meet?

In only one way
In silence and to my self
I will address  him and say
"I Love You!'
though spoken in silence
these words will shine in my eyes
unwrinkle my brow
bring smile to my lips
and echo in my voice
and his heart will be opened
and who is there who will say nay to my goods
when his heart feels my love?

I will greet this day with love in my heart
and most of all I will love myself

For when I do
I will zealously inspect all things which enters my body
my mind
my soul
and my heart
Never will I overindulge the request of my flesh
rather I will cherish my body
with cleanliness and moderation
Never will I allow my mind to be attracted to evil and despair
rather i will uplift it with knowledge and wisdom of the ages
Never will I allow my soul to become complacent and satisfied
rather I will feed it with meditation and prayer
Never will I allow my heart to become small and bitter
rather I will share it and it will grow and warm the earth

I will greet this day with love in my heart
henceforth will I love all mankind
From this moment all hate is let from my veins

FOR I HAVE NOT TIME TO HATE, ONLY TIME TO LOVE

from this moment I take the first step required to become a man among men
With love I will increase my sales a hundredfold and become a great salesman

IF I HAVE NO OTHER QUALITIES I CAN SUCCEED WITH LOVE ALONE
WITHOUT IT I WILL FAIL though I posses all the knowledge and skills of the world.

I will greet this day with love and I will succeed

Scoll Marked 1 (Internet Edited Version)

This is the scroll marked 1

From book the greatest salesman in the world

by Og Mandino

Disclaimer: This scroll is the edited version by me and my friend Cris, we violated some grammar rules for easier readability so to all grammar nazis out there, we apologize in advance. this is intended for internet archiving of this scroll.

 

The Scroll Marked One

Today I begin a new life.


Today I shed my old skin,
which has too long suffered the bruises of failure and the wounds of mediocrity.


Today I am born anew and my birthplace is a vineyard where there is fruit for all.


Today I will pluck grapes of wisdom from the tallest and fullest vines in the vineyard,
for these were planted by the wisest of my profession who have come before me
generation upon generation.


Today I will savor the taste of grapes from these vines,
and verily I will swallow the seed of success buried in each,
and new life will sprout within me.


The career I have chosen is laden with opportunity,
yet it is fraught with heartbreak and despair,
and the bodies of those who have failed were they piled one atop another,
and would cast a shadow down upon all the pyramids of the earth.

Yet I will not fail, as the others,
for in my hands I now hold the charts,
which will guide through perilous waters to shores which only yesterday seemed but a dream.


Failure no longer will be my payment for struggle.
Just as nature made no provision for my body to tolerate pain,
neither has it made any provision for my life to suffer failure.


Failure, like pain, is alien to my life.
In the past I accepted it as I accepted pain.
Now I reject it and I am prepared for wisdom and principles
Which will guide me out of the shadows into the sunlight of wealth, position, and happiness
Far beyond my most extravagant dreams,
Until even the golden apples in the Garden of Hesperides will seem no more than my just reward.


Time teaches all things to him who lives forever,
But I have not the luxury of eternity.
Yet within my allotted time I must practice the art of patience for nature acts never in haste.

To create the olive, king of all trees, a hundred years is required.
An onion plant is old in nine weeks.
I have lived as an onion plant.
It has not pleased me.
Now I wouldst become the greatest of olive trees and, in truth, the greatest of salesman.

And how will this be accomplished?
For I have neither the knowledge nor the experience to achieve the greatness
And already I have stumbled in ignorance and fallen into pools of self pity.
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The answer is simple.
I will commence my journey unencumbered
With either the weight of unnecessary knowledge
Or the handicap of meaningless experience.


Nature already has supplied me with knowledge and instinct far greater than any beast in the forest
And the value of experience is overrated, usually by old men who nod wisely and speak stupidly.


In truth, experience teaches thoroughly yet her course of instruction devours men's years
So the value of her lessons diminishes with the time necessary to acquire her special wisdom.


The end finds it wasted on dead men.


Furthermore, experience is comparable to fashion;
An action that proved successful today will be unworkable and impractical tomorrow.


Only principles endure and these I now possess,
For the laws that will lead me to greatness are contained in the words of these scrolls.


What they will teach me is more to prevent failure than to gain success,
for what is success other than a state of mind?


Which two, among a thousand wise men, will define success in the same words.


Yet failure is always described but one way -
Failure is man's inability to reach his goals in life, whatever they may be.


In truth, the only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeed
lies in the difference of their habits.


Good habits are the key to all success.


Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure.


Thus, the first law I will obey, which precede all the others
Is I will form good habits and become their slave.

As a child I was slave to my impulses;
Now I am slave to my habits, as are all grown men.
I have surrendered my free will to the years of accumulated habits;
And the past deeds of my life have already marked out a path which threatens to imprison my future.


My actions are ruled by appetite, passion, prejudice, greed, love, fear, environment, habit;
And the worst of these tyrants is habit.


Therefore, if I must be a slave to habit let me be a slave to good habits.


My bad habits must be destroyed and new furrows prepared for good seed.


I will form good habits and become their slave.
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And how will I accomplish this difficult feat?


Through these scrolls, it will be done.

For each scroll contains a principle which will drive a bad habit from my life
And replace it with one which will bring me closer to success.
For it is another of nature's laws that only a habit can subdue another habit.


So, in order for these written words to perform their chosen task,
I must discipline myself with the first of my new habits which is as follows:


I will read each scroll for thirty days in this prescribed manner, before I proceed to the next scroll.


First, I will read the words in silence when I arise.


Then, I will read the words in silence after I have partaken of my midday meal.


Last, I will read the words again just before I retire at day's end;


And most important, on this occasion I will read the words aloud.


On the next day I will repeat this procedure, and I will continue in like manner for thirty days.


Then, I will turn to the next scroll and repeat this procedure for another thirty days.


I will continue in this manner until I have lived with each scroll for thirty days,
and my reading has become habit.


And what will be accomplished with this habit?


Herein lies the hidden secret of all man's accomplishments:
As I repeat the words daily they will soon become a part of my active mind,

But more important, they will also seep into my other mind -
that mysterious source which never sleeps,
which creates my dreams,
and often makes me act in ways I do not comprehend.


As the words of these scrolls are consumed by my mysterious mind,
I will begin to awake each morning, with a vitality I have never known before.


My vigor will increase,


My enthusiasm will rise,


My desire to meet the world will overcome every fear I once knew at sunrise,


And I will be happier than I ever believed it possible to be in this world of strife and sorrow.


Eventually I will find myself reacting to all situations which confront me
As I was commanded in the scrolls to react,
 
 
And soon these actions and reactions will become easy to perform,
For any act with practice becomes easy.


Thus a new and good habit is born,
For when an act becomes easy through constant repetition,
It becomes a pleasure to perform.
And if it is a pleasure to perform,
It is man's nature to perform it often.


When I perform it often, it becomes a habit.
And I become its slave.
And since it is a good habit,
This is my will.
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Today I begin a new life.


And I make a solemn oath to myself that nothing will retard my new life's growth.
I will lose not a day from these readings
For that day cannot be retrieved
Nor can I substitute another for it.


I must not,
I will not,
Break this habit of daily reading from these scrolls.
And, in truth, the few moments spent each day on this new habit
Are but a small price to pay for the happiness and success that will be mine.


As I read and re-read the words in the scrolls to follow,
Never will I allow the brevity of each scroll
Nor the simplicity of its words to cause me to treat the scroll's message lightly.


Thousands of grapes are pressed to fill one jar with wine,


And the grape skin and pulp are tossed to the birds.


So it is with these grapes of wisdom from the ages.


Much has been filtered and tossed to the wind.


Only the pure truth lies distilled in the words to come.


I will drink as instructed and spill not a drop.


And the seed of success I will swallow.


Today my old skin has become as dust.


I will walk tall among men and they will know me not,


For today I am a new man,


With a new life.