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Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child can pull it to pieces.

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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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I will persist until I succeed. I was not delivered into this world into defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepperd. I am lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny. I will persist until I succeed.
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