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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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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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A field of clay touched by the genius of man becomes a castle.
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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.
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The secret of success is to triple your rate of failure.
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Cultivate the habit of laughter.
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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 will waste not even a precious second today in anger or hate or jealousy or selfishness. I know that the seeds I sow I will harvest, because every action, good or bad, is always followed by an equal reaction. I will plant only good seeds this day.
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The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them.
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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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Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.
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If I persist long enough I will win.
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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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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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There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.
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I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.
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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.
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Act now, for now is all you have.
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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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No more busy work. No more hiding from success. Leave time, leave space, to grow. Now. Now! Not tomorrow!
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