Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
B. C. FORBESThere is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.
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The fellow who isn’t fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired.
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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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In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
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Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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Success consists of being and doing, not simply accumulating.
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Success is sweetest to one who has known failure.
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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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Cheerfulness is among the most laudable virtues. It gains you the good will and friendship of others. It blesses those who practice it and those upon whom it is bestowed.
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Money, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others.
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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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When it comes to betting on yourself… you’re a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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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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He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.
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You have no idea how big the other fellow’s troubles are.
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It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
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