Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
B. C. FORBESGolf is an ideal diversion, but a ruinous disease.
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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.
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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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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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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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Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don’t put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.
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If the deal isn’t good for the other party, it isn’t good for you.
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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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If a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for?
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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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Anything that inspires unselfishness makes for our ennoblement. Christmas does that. I am all for Christmas.
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To succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith.
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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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Use life to provide something that outlasts it.
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A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish.
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