B. C. Forbes on inspiration
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The bell of public opinion is today making the Morgan-Rockefeller-Vanderbilt class jump. Nor are the strongest of our corporations immune. The railroads have had to jump pretty lively, and certain gigantic industrial combinations are also being put through their paces.
B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.
B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.
B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes There is no fun equal to the satisfaction of doing one’s best. The things that are most worthwhile in life are really those within the reach of almost every normal human being who cares to seek them out.
B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively, ceaselessly, the habit of self-education.
B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes Success consists of being and doing, not simply accumulating.
B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes A price has to be paid for success. Almost invariably those who have reached the summits worked harder and longer, studied and planned more assiduously, practiced more self- denial, overcame more difficulties than those of us who have not risen so far.
B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes To make headway, improve your head.
B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes Upon our children-how they are taught-rests the fate-or fortune-of tomorrow’s world.
B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes The way to make a true friend is to be one. Friendship implies loyalty, esteem, cordiality, sympathy, affection, readiness to aid, to help, to stick, to fight for, if need be. … Radiate friendship and it will return sevenfold.
B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes Time mends all, ends all things earthly.
B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
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Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
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My manager said the next best inspiration to heartbreak is travel, and it’s true.
Beth OrtonBeth Orton It is in the ordinances of the temple that we are placed under covenant to Him….[If] we will enter into our covenants without reservation or apology, the Lord will protect us. We will receive inspiration sufficient for the challenges of life.
Boyd K. PackerBoyd K. Packer The people at the record company had asked me if I could write a song about my life, my relationship with God, and where I’m from.
Billy Ray CyrusBilly Ray Cyrus Well, I can’t write a song on purpose, my songs come in a moment of inspiration or desperation.
Billy Ray CyrusBilly Ray Cyrus Inspiration comes from displacement. Get out of your comfort zone, the rewards are legion.
Bob LefsetzBob Lefsetz When listening to the sound material, we metamorphose the inside into an outside.
Bernard ParmegianiBernard Parmegiani Rosa Parks’ courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later.
Bob FilnerBob Filner I do benefits for all religions – I’d hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.
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