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A field of clay touched by the genius of man becomes a castle.

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
Genius
Becomes
Men
Castle
Castles
Clay
Touched
Field
Fields

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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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... women have their roots in the ground, and often those roots are starved and ravaged, yet there is not a human alive who cannot reach and touch, with... her fingers, the very top of God's rainbow.
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Never settle for the crumbs of life.
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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.
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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.
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