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Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.
Og Mandino
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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 at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat... Never take yourself too seriously.
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I need not wait for I have the power to choose my own destiny.
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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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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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Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child can pull it to pieces.
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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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... 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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Nothing is easier than fault finding.
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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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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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Each problem has a positive side.
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Do that which you dread and cherish those victories with pride.
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So long as there is breath in me, that long will I persist.
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Practice the art of patience for nature never acts in haste.
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I will become a firefly and even in the day my glow will be seen in spite of the sun. Let others be as butterflies who preen their wings yet depend on the charity of a flower for life.
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And so long as I can laugh, never will I be poor. This then, is one of nature's greatest gifts and I will waste it no more.
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Each day is a special gift from God, and while life may not always be fair, you must never allow the pains, hurdles, and handicaps of the moment to poison your attitude and plans for yourself and your future.
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Today will never happen again. Don't waste it with a false start or no start at all.
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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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