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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.

Og Mandino

Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.
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Failure Feeling Inspirational Shame
Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.
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Character Control Deep Force Himself Strong Thinking Weakness
My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.
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Action Dream Goal Impossible Myself Planning Worth
Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.
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Generosity Happiness Remember
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
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Hard Time See Success
I will laugh at the world! Never will I allow myself to become so important, so wise, so dignified, so powerful, that I forget how to laugh at myself and my world. And so long as I can Laugh never will I be poor.
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Forget Important Laugh Myself Poor Powerful Wisdom World
Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow’s good luck.
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Carry Fortune Goodness
The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by dispersing his effort over many chores, may fail to accomplish anything.
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Accomplishment Effort Failure Live Power Result Strong Weakness
Journey quietly on your pathway to forever with charity & a smile. When you depart it will be said by all that your legacy was a better world than the one you found.
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Forever Journey Smile
Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.
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Career Defeat Importance Necessary Struggle Success
I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success.
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Act Action Mindset Myself Necessary Success Word
Today will never happen again. Don’t waste it with a false start or no start at all.
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Inspirational Start Wasted Time
Opportunities, many times, are so small that we glimpse them not and yet they are often the seeds of great enterprises. Opportunities are also everywhere and so you must always let your hook be hanging. When you least expect it, a great fish will swim by.
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Business Expectation Greatness Inspirational Opportunity Time
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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Difference Failure Habit Inspirational Success Truth
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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Attitude Character Learning Student
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.
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Challenge Endurance Happiness Heart Myself

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.

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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.

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