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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

Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.
OG MANDINO

Failure Feeling Inspirational Shame
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.
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Laugh Man Myself Serious World
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
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

Character Myself Praise Talk
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
Do all things with love.
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Love One Liner
All the gold in the world cannot buy a dying man one more breath so what does that make today worth?
OG MANDINO

Breathe Death Money World Worth
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
The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories.
OG MANDINO

Children Greatness Happiness Leaving Memories
In truth, the only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits.
OG MANDINO

Difference Failure Habit Inspirational Success Truth
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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Difficult Inspirational Myself Success Time Truth
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

Act Forever Lost Marriage Myself Person Place Success Time Wait
True security lies not in the things one has, but in the things one can do without.
OG MANDINO

Deep Oneself Security True
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
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.
OG MANDINO

Business Expectation Greatness Inspirational Opportunity Time
Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
OG MANDINO

Attitude Character Learning Student

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