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No, my son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important to acquire peace of mind and serenity.

Og Mandino

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Og Mandino
Age: 72 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 1
Died: 1996
Died: September 3
Author
Writer
Framingham
Massachusetts
Augustine Og Mandino II
Happiness
Acquire
Peace
Strive
Son
Important
Labor
Mind
Instead
Love
Wealth
Loved
Serenity
Rich
Aspire

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In truth, the only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure. Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedeth all others is - I will form good habits and become their slave.
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Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again.
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Do all things with love.
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If the ingredients for happiness are not within a person, no material success or entertainment or platinum credit cards can make that person smile.
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My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.
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Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along.
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My days of whining and complaining about others have come to an end. Nothing is easier than fault finding. All it will do is discolor my personality so that none will want to associate with me. That was my old life. No more.
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A day merely survived is no cause for celebration.
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I will smile at friend and foe alike and make every effort to find, in him or her, a quality to praise, now that I realize the deepest yearning of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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Do that which you dread and cherish those victories with pride.
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You learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of hope.
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The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
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Today I will be the master of my emotions.
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