Temporary release from work, through vacations, becomes more welcome, more pleasurable, even more necessary, as we grow older.
B. C. FORBESJustice must be blind to the hardness or softness of a man’s hands, as well as to the leanness or fatness of his pocketbook
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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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There’s no such thing as a self-made man. I’ve had much help and have found that if you are willing to work, many people are willing to help you.
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The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success.
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Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend.
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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.
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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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The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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Success consists of being and doing, not simply accumulating.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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An idea, like a machine, must have power applied to it before it can accomplish anything.
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The man who is cocksure that he has arrived is ready for the return journey.
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Jealousy… is a mental cancer.
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Time mends all, ends all things earthly.
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Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
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