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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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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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Laugh and your life will be lengthened for this is the great secret of long life.
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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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Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment.
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Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your progress. The next time you are tempted to boast, just place your fist in a full pail of water, and when you remove it, the hole remaining will give you a correct measure of your importance.
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Every memorable act in the history of the world is a triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it because it gives any challenge or any occupation, no mater how frightening or difficult, a new meaning. Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity but with it you can accomplish miracles
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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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You will achieve your grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day.
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The secret of success is to triple your rate of failure.
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I will live this day as if it is my last. …I will waste not a moment mourning yesterday’s misfortunes, Yesterday’s defeats, yesterday’s aches of the heart, for why should I throw good after bad?
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I will act now. I will act now. I will act now.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.
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Do that which you dread and cherish those victories with pride.
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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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A field of clay touched by the genius of man becomes a castle.
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I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success.
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I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.
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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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The great difference between those who succeed and those who fail does not consist in the amount of work done by each but in the amount of intelligent work.
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