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If the United States is to produce a nation of investors-as we must if we are to gain financial world-leadership-it is imperative that boards of directors be so constituted as to adequately represent the interests and inspire the complete confidence of investors of moderate substance.

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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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Brother Growing Up Successful
The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.
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Men Religion Ships
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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Biblical Humble Responsibility
Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
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Cheat Cheating Deception
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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Business Retirement Success
Time mends all, ends all things earthly.
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All Ends Things Time
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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Hands Pumps Work
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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Life Normal Who Cares
The fellow who isn’t fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired.
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Enthusiasm Fellows Work
Opportunity can benefit no man who has not fitted himself to seize it and use it. Opportunity woos the worthy, shuns the unworthy. Prepare yourself to grasp opportunity, and opportunity is likely to come your way. It is not so fickle, capricious and unreasoning as some complain.
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Complaining Men Opportunity
Upon our children-how they are taught-rests the fate-or fortune-of tomorrow’s world.
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Children Fate Inspirational
The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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Failure Integrity Men
I have never seen people who could do real work except under the stimulus of encouragement and enthusiasm and the approval of the people for whom they are working.
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Encouragement People Real
Enthusiasm is the electric current that keeps the engine of life going at top speed. Enthusiasm is the very propeller of progress.
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Current Electric Enthusiasm Progress
There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.
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Credit Firsts Satisfaction
Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively, ceaselessly, the habit of self-education.
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Knowledge Men Wisdom

If the United States is to produce a nation of investors-as we must if we are to gain financial world-leadership-it is imperative that boards of directors be so constituted as to adequately represent the interests and inspire the complete confidence of investors of moderate substance.

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If the United States is to produce a nation of investors-as we must if we are to gain financial world-leadership-it is imperative that boards of directors be so constituted as to adequately represent the interests and inspire the complete confidence of investors of moderate substance.

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