Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.
B. C. FORBESLife is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success.
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Madame Curie didn’t stumble upon radium by accident. She searched and experimented and sweated and suffered years before she found it. Success rarely is an accident.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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You have no idea how big the other fellow’s troubles are.
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Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiselingand scraping and polishing.
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The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success.
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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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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Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
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There 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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It is the hard-boiled employer, not the soft-hearted species, that incites most of our strikes and does most ot endanger the harmonious progress of democracy.
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Anything that inspires unselfishness makes for our ennoblement. Christmas does that. I am all for Christmas.
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Plan your work – work your plan
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Honesty is the cornerstone of character.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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