The man of fixed ingrained principles who has mapped out a straight course, and has the courage and self-control to adhere to it, does not find life complex. Complexities are all of our own making.
B. C. FORBESTemporary release from work, through vacations, becomes more welcome, more pleasurable, even more necessary, as we grow older.
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History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
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Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you are so tired you can’t help going to sleep, and when you wake up you won’t want to worry.
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Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
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The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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The fellow who isn’t fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired.
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Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.
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Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.
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Bragging often precedes begging.
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The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.
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The man who is cocksure that he has arrived is ready for the return journey.
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Many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. Youthfulness of spirit is the twin brother of optimism… Resist growing up!
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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Whimpering never kept a leaking vessel from foundering. Vigorously manning the pumps has. Get busy with your head and hands, not your chin.
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