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Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.

Og Mandino

So long as I can laugh, never will I be poor.
OG MANDINO

Laugh Myself Poor
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.
OG MANDINO

Failure Fools Hope Impossible Myself Quit Word
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
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
If I must be a slave to habit let me be a slave to good habits.
OG MANDINO

Choice Goodness Habit Myself Slave
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.
OG MANDINO

Achievement Dream Endurance Goal Habit Success Victory Win Yourself
Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.
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Generosity Happiness Remember
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
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Determination Enough Failure Myself Strong Success
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.
OG MANDINO

Breathe Greatness Myself Principle Win
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 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
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
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
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.
OG MANDINO

Creation Gift Morning Opportunity Smile Special
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
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

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