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My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.
Og MandinoOg Mandino Each day is a special gift from God, and while life may not always be fair, you must never allow the pains, hurdles, and handicaps of the moment to poison your attitude and plans for yourself and your future.
Og MandinoOg Mandino All the gold in the world cannot buy a dying man one more breath so what does that make today worth?
Og MandinoOg Mandino Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.
Og MandinoOg Mandino A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.
Og MandinoOg Mandino Already I am smiling in anticipation of the good to come.
Og MandinoOg Mandino Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.
Og MandinoOg Mandino True security lies not in the things one has, but in the things one can do without.
Og MandinoOg Mandino 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 MandinoOg Mandino 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.
Og MandinoOg Mandino I have been given eyes to see and a mind to think, and now I know a great secret of life, for I perceive, at last, that all my problems, discouragements , and heartaches are, in truth, great opportunities in disguise.
Og MandinoOg Mandino Today will never happen again. Don’t waste it with a false start or no start at all.
Og MandinoOg Mandino You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity and the sour sound of whining.
Og MandinoOg Mandino If I must be a slave to habit let me be a slave to good habits.
Og MandinoOg Mandino Action will destroy your procrastination.
Og MandinoOg Mandino I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand.
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