Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
B. C. FORBESWork is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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Jealousy… is a mental cancer.
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The way to make a true friend is to be one. Friendship implies loyalty, esteem, cordiality, sympathy, affection, readiness to aid, to help, to stick, to fight for, if need be. … Radiate friendship and it will return sevenfold.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.
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A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
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The fellow who isn’t fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired.
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Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming.
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Kill time and you will kill your career.
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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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Plan your work – work your plan
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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 be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.
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Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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Success is sweetest to one who has known failure.
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