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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 Mandino

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

Failure Feeling Inspirational Shame
One of the great undiscovered joys of life comes from doing everything one attempts to the best of one’s ability. The smallest task, well done, becomes a miracle of achievement.
OG MANDINO

Ability Achievement Discover Greatness Joy Oneself
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
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Best Plant Result Yourself
You will achieve your grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day.
OG MANDINO

Achievement Dream Goal Time Yourself
Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
OG MANDINO

Expectation Generosity Yourself
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.
OG MANDINO

Forget Important Laugh Myself Poor Powerful Wisdom World
Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.
OG MANDINO

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
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.
OG MANDINO

Forever Journey Smile
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
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
True security lies not in the things one has, but in the things one can do without.
OG MANDINO

Deep Oneself Security True
I will make love my greatest weapon and none on whom I call can defend against its force.
OG MANDINO

Force Greatness Love Myself Weapon
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
OG MANDINO

Darkness Endurance Light Love Myself
Never, in all of the seventy billion humans who have walked this planet since the beginning of time has there been anyone exactly like you.
OG MANDINO

Beginning Human Self Love Walk Worth 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

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.

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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.

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