Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.
B. C. FORBESThe human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.
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How you start is important, but it is how you finish that counts. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter.
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I have known not a few men who, after reaching the summits of business success, found themselves miserable on attaining retirement age. They were so exclusively engrossed in their day to day affairs that they had no time for friend making.
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Bragging often precedes begging.
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Honesty is the cornerstone of character. The honest man or woman seeks not merely to avoid criminal or illegal acts, but to be scrupulously fair, upright, fearless in both action and expression. Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.
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It is when things go hardest, when life becomes most trying, that there is greatest need for having a fixed goal.
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Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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Honesty is the cornerstone of character.
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Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
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Jealousy is an inner consciousness of one’s own inferiority. It is a mental cancer.
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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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