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I will become a firefly and even in the day my glow will be seen in spite of the sun. Let others be as butterflies who preen their wings yet depend on the charity of a flower for life.

Og Mandino

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Og Mandino
Age: 72 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 1
Died: 1996
Died: September 3
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Framingham
Massachusetts
Augustine Og Mandino II
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Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!
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I will form good habits and become their slaves.
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I will persist. I will always take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another.
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Shake off your blunders. How will you know your limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Your turn will come.
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Why do we continue to breed little minds who can find no recompense for their own failures other than to belittle and mock the talents, even the dress, of others? When will everyone realize that we are all equal in the eyes of God?
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Always let your reach exceed your grasp.
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The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what the task may be. This is a habit followed by all successful people since the beginning of time. Therefore I saith the surest way to doom yourself to mediocrity is to perform only the work for which you are paid.
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Act now, for now is all you have.
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Each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence.
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All of us have been dying, hour by hour, since the moment we were born. Realizing this, let all things be placed in their proper perspective. . . . Remember, it is always later than you think.
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And I leave you now, not with sadness but with satisfaction and joy that we came together and walked, arm in arm, through this brief moment of eternity. Who could ask for more?
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Few things are necessary to make the wise man happy while no amount of material wealth would satisfy a fool. I am not a fool.
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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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Live this day as if it will be your last. Remember that you will only find tomorrow on the calendars of fools.
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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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Laugh and your life will be lengthened for this is the great secret of long life.
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Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
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Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
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I am not a human being, i am a human becoming.
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