Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
B. C. FORBESIf a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for?
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He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.
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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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Temporary release from work, through vacations, becomes more welcome, more pleasurable, even more necessary, as we grow older.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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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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He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.
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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 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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Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend.
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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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Don’t forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living.
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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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A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
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When it comes to betting on yourself… you’re a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.
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