Bragging often precedes begging.
B. C. FORBESThe man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.
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Kill time and you will kill your career.
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Use life to provide something that outlasts it.
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We must learn that to enjoy happiness we must conscientiously and continuously seek to spread happiness. Selfishness is suicidal to happiness.
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The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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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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Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don’t put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.
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There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.
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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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Upon our children-how they are taught-rests the fate-or fortune-of tomorrow’s world.
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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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Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend.
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Don’t forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living.
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A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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To succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith.
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When it comes to betting on yourself… you’re a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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