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I'd rather learn how to prevent failure than how to gain success, because for what is success other than a state of mind?

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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
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Envy, like the worm, is always attracted to the fairest apple
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Failure is a man's inability to reach his goals in life, whatever they may be
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Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
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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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I will act now. I will act now. I will act now.
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So long as I can laugh, never will I be poor.
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If I must be a slave to habit let me be a slave to good habits.
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I will laugh at the world! Never will I allow myself to become so important, so wise, so dignified, so powerful, that I forget how to laugh at myself and my world.And so long as I can Laugh never will I be poor
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Wealth, position, fame, and even elusive happiness will be mine, eventually, if I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render. Those who reach the top are the ones who are not content with.
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The secret of success is to triple your rate of failure.
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The master of a single trade can support a family. The master of seven trades cannot support himself. The wind is never for the sailor who knows not to what port he is bound.
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Do all things with love.
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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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If I persist long enough I will win.
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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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Don't let your success of today lay you into complacency for tomorrow. For that is the worst form of failure.
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Practice the art of patience for nature never acts in haste.
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Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.
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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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