"I will avoid despair but if this disease of the mind infects me then I will work on in despair. I will toil and I will endure. I will ignore the obstacles at my feet and keep my eyes on the goals above my head, for I know that where dry desert ends, green grass grows."
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Ch. 10 : The Scroll Marked III, p. 66.
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Og Mandino
Augustine "Og" Mandino (12 December 1923 – 3 September 1996) was a "sales guru" and author, most famous for his book The Greatest Salesman in the World (1968).
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