시사&소설

나는 지금 행동할 것이다. 성공은 사람을 기다리지 않을 것이다. 만일 내가 지체한다면, 성공은 다른 사람을 맞을 것이고 나는 영원히 성공을 놓쳐버릴 것이다. 나는 지금 여기서 행동하며 성공을 맞을 것이다.

- 오그 만디노

I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day, everyday, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing, and the action which follows becomes as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success. I will act now. I will repeat these words again and again and again. I will walk where failures fear to walk. I will work when failures seek rest. 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 failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now. Success will not wait. If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the person.

- Og Mandino^[각주:1]