With no goals, no priorities, no life strategy of our own, we drift with the herd through an endless meadow of mediocrity, unable to break loose, to achieve even a small part of the dreams we once cherished.
OG MANDINOI will make love my greatest weapon and none on whom I call can defend against its force.
More Og Mandino Quotes
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Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment.
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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.
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Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
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True security lies not in the things one has, but in the things one can do without.
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In truth, the only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits.
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Action will destroy your procrastination.
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All the gold in the world cannot buy a dying man one more breath so what does that make today worth?
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Each problem has a positive side.
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I will persist until I succeed. 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 know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking.
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Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow’s good luck.
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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.
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Pay less attention to what you hear about someone, and more to what you learn about them as you make the effort.
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A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.
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Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.
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Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday.
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Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated, not by a single explosive burst of energy or effort, but by the constant daily application of the best you have within you.
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I will persist. I will always take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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One of the great undiscovered joys of life comes from doing everything one attempts to the best of one’s ability. The smallest task, well done, becomes a miracle of achievement.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity, but with it you can accomplish miracles.
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And so long as I can laugh, never will I be poor. This then, is one of nature’s greatest gifts and I will waste it no more.
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You can’t conquer reality by running away from it.
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Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.
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Each failure to sell will increase your chances for success at your next attempt.
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The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories.
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