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I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand.

Og Mandino

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
Cherish each hour of this day for it can NEVER return.
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Enjoyment Time Worth
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
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Beginning Care Death Kindness Life Reward Understand Yourself
The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories.
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Children Greatness Happiness Leaving Memories
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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Appearance Cold Deep Heart Love Myself Sun Talk Trust
I will laugh at the world. And most of all, I will laugh at myself for man is most comical when he takes himself too seriously.
OG MANDINO

Laugh Man Myself Serious World
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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Darkness Direction Failure Hide Moments Peace Satisfaction Success Time
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
The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to achieving your dreams.
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Achievement Dream Endurance Goal Habit Success Victory Win Yourself
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.
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Attitude Future Gift God Life Moments Pain Planning Poison
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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Failure Fools Hope Impossible Myself Quit Word
Your only limitations are those you set up in your mind, or permit others to set up for you.
OG MANDINO

Inspirational Limitation Mindset Yourself
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
So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win.
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Breathe Greatness Myself Principle Win
You can’t conquer reality by running away from it.
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Inspirational Reality Run Yourself
True happiness lies within you.
OG MANDINO

Happiness True Yourself

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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