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A goal casually set and lightly taken is freely abandoned at the first obstacle.

Zig Ziglar

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Zig Ziglar
Age: 86 †
Born: 1926
Born: November 6
Died: 2012
Died: November 28
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Coffee County
Alabama
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Casually
Goal
Lightly
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Obstacle
Firsts
Freely
First
Abandoned
Obstacles
Commitment

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