Og Mandino Quotes

To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.

Og Mandino

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• Cold
• Doing
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• Stand

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  Og Mandino
  • Thinking
  • Cold
  • Doing