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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

You can’t conquer reality by running away from it.
OG MANDINO

Inspirational Reality Run Yourself
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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Attention Effort Learning Pay Yourself
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 MANDINO

Achievement Break Dream Goal Strategy
What is past is past. You can do nothing about yesterday and last month and the failures of last year, but you can do everything toward making tomorrow and the rest of your life what you always dreamed it could be.
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Dream Failure Inspirational Life Past Yourself
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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Creation Gift Morning Opportunity Smile Special
I will make love my greatest weapon and none on whom I call can defend against its force.
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Force Greatness Love Myself Weapon
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
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Hard Time See Success
You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity and the sour sound of whining.
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Attitude Character Success Win Yourself
If I must be a slave to habit let me be a slave to good habits.
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Choice Goodness Habit Myself Slave
Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.
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Character Company Listen
I will greet this day with love in my heart.
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Heart Love Myself
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
Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.
OG MANDINO

Failure Feeling Inspirational Shame
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
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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Breathe Death Money World Worth
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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Blessing Break Confidence Courage Life Music Play Smile Strength Sun Value 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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