Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
B. C. FORBESIt is not a case of whether we want to wash our hands of Europe or want to help her to regain her feet. The troubles of Europe have been laid on our doorstep, so to speak, and will plague us, if we do nothing to cure them, whether we like it or not.
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The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.
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Jealousy is an inner consciousness of one’s own inferiority. It is a mental cancer.
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Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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Backboneless employees are too ready to attribute the success of others to luck. Luck is usually the fruit of intelligent application. The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish.
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Justice must be blind to the hardness or softness of a man’s hands, as well as to the leanness or fatness of his pocketbook
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Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.
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Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
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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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There’s no such thing as a self-made man. I’ve had much help and have found that if you are willing to work, many people are willing to help you.
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If a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for?
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Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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To make headway, improve your head.
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Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming.
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Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend.
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