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

Og Mandino

Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.
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Character Company Listen
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
A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.
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Gift Myself Power Smile
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
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 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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Eyes Greatness Heart Broken Life Myself Opportunity Problem Secret Thinking Truth
True security lies not in the things one has, but in the things one can do without.
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Deep Oneself Security True
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
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
I am not a human being, I am a human becoming.
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Growth Human Myself
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
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Hard Time See Success
Use wisely your power of choice.
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Choice Power Wisdom Yourself
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
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Best Plant Result Yourself
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.
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Act Forever Lost Marriage Myself Person Place Success Time Wait
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
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
You will achieve your grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day.
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Achievement Dream Goal Time Yourself
True happiness lies within you.
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Happiness True Yourself
Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
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Expectation Generosity Yourself
Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated, not by a single explosive burst of energy or effort, but by the constant daily application of the best you have within you.
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Best Difficult Effort Remember Yourself
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
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 will greet this day with love in my heart. For this is the greatest secret of success in all ventures. Muscles can split a shield and even destroy life itself but only the unseen power of love can open the hearts of man.
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Destroy Greatness Heart Love Man Myself Power Secret Success
Never settle for the crumbs of life.
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Inspirational Life One Liner
Cherish each hour of this day for it can NEVER return.
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Enjoyment Time Worth
And so long as I can laugh, never will I be poor. This then, is one of nature’s greatest gifts and I will waste it no more.
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Gift Greatness Laugh Myself Nature Poor
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

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