Failure — The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.
ELBERT HUBBARDFolks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do
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The love we give away is the only love we keep.
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You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.
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The man who has no problems is out of the game.
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A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
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What others say of me matters little; what I myself say and do matters much.
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The reward of a good deed is in having done it.
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Business is a fight, a continual struggle, just as life is.
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Of all the mental and physical polluters of life, nothing exercises such a poisonous effect as fear.
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Success consists in the climb.
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I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.
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A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
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God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
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The valuable person in any business is the individual who can and will cooperate with others.
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A goal without a plan is a dream.
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There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
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I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.
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The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
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In order to have friends, you must first be one.
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Fences are made for those who cannot fly.
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Politicians regard the public as a cow to be milked.
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Academic education is the act of memorizing things read in books, and things told by college professors who got their education mostly by memorizing things read in books.
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Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent – the power to do the right thing the first time.
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Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.
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We are punished by our sins, not for them.
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We work to become, not to acquire.
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Everything comes too late for those who only wait.
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