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The Christmas spirit brings home to us-or should bring home to us-the profound Biblical truth that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Anything which inspires unselfishness makes for our ennoblement. Christmas does that. I am all for Christmas.
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Biblical Blessed Home
The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.
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Army Selfishness Unhappiness
Jealousy is an inner consciousness of one’s own inferiority. It is a mental cancer.
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Cancer Inferiority Jealousy
…the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in the nation’s destiny, by men willing to adventure, to shoulder risks terrifying to the timid.
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Adventure Destiny Sports
Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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Enthusiastically Lady Luck
Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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Men Opportunity Strong
It is not a case of whether we want to wash our hands of Europe or want to help her to regain her feet. The troubles of Europe have been laid on our doorstep, so to speak, and will plague us, if we do nothing to cure them, whether we like it or not.
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Europe Feet Hands
The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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Busy He-Man Men
Life is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success.
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Decision Judgement Perfect
The truth doesn’t hurt unless it ought to.
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Feelings Hurt
Bragging often precedes begging.
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Begging Bragging
The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one pound given him by his master was made ruler over ten cities.
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Biblical Humble Responsibility
In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
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Important Race Speed
Kill time and you will kill your career.
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Careers
If the United States is to produce a nation of investors-as we must if we are to gain financial world-leadership-it is imperative that boards of directors be so constituted as to adequately represent the interests and inspire the complete confidence of investors of moderate substance.
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Directors Inspire United States
No man can fight his way to the top and stay at the top without exercising the fullest measure of grit, courage, determination, resolution.
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Determination Exercise Fighting

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