If the deal isn’t good for the other party, it isn’t good for you.
B. C. FORBESWe must learn that to enjoy happiness we must conscientiously and continuously seek to spread happiness. Selfishness is suicidal to happiness.
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Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
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Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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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.
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Honesty is the cornerstone of character. The honest man or woman seeks not merely to avoid criminal or illegal acts, but to be scrupulously fair, upright, fearless in both action and expression. Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
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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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In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
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When it comes to betting on yourself… you’re a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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Upon our children-how they are taught-rests the fate-or fortune-of tomorrow’s world.
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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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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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It’s so much easier to do good than to be good.
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Plan your work – work your plan
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Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiselingand scraping and polishing.
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