Life is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success.
B. C. FORBESThere 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.
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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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The Bible says, ‘Where there is no vision, the people perish.’ Have you a vision? And are you undeviatingly pressing and pushing toward its accomplishment? Dreaming alone will not get you there. Mix your dreams with determination and action.
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Plan your work – work your plan
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Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity’s door if you ardently wish to enter.
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Success consists of being and doing, not simply accumulating.
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Backboneless employees are too ready to attribute the success of others to luck. Luck is usually the fruit of intelligent application. The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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An idea, like a machine, must have power applied to it before it can accomplish anything.
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Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other fellow will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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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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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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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.
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Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.
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If a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for?
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