To get the most out of the world one must conscientiously strive to put the most into it. Life without worthy ideals becomes wholly unsatisfying, sour. If our supreme objective is to serve, no blow fate may administer can daunt us.
B. C. FORBESWhen it comes to betting on yourself… you’re a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish.
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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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When it comes to betting on yourself… you’re a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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Success consists of being and doing, not simply accumulating.
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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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Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
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A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
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Honesty is the cornerstone of character.
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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 man of fixed ingrained principles who has mapped out a straight course, and has the courage and self-control to adhere to it, does not find life complex. Complexities are all of our own making.
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Bragging often precedes begging.
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If you do the best and the most you can today, don’t worry about tomorrow.
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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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Plan your work – work your plan
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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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