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The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.

B. C. Forbes

The Christmas spirit brings home to us-or should bring home to us-the profound Biblical truth that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Anything which inspires unselfishness makes for our ennoblement. Christmas does that. I am all for Christmas.
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Biblical Blessed Home
Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don’t put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.
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Generosity Joy Selfishness
He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.
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Confidence Courage Faith
Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other fellow will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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Business Satisfaction Yield
Golf is an ideal diversion, but a ruinous disease.
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Disease Diversion Golf
The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.
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Greed Life World
Whimpering never kept a leaking vessel from foundering. Vigorously manning the pumps has. Get busy with your head and hands, not your chin.
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Hands Pumps Work
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
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Motivational Often Triumph
To make headway, improve your head.
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Habit Headway Make Work
Success is sweetest to one who has known failure.
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Known Sweetest
The man who has done his level best… is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
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Inspirational Motivational Success
The things that are most worthwhile in life are really those within the reach of almost every normal human being who cares to seek them out.
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Life Normal Who Cares
What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.
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Confidence Courage Fear
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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Biblical Humble Responsibility
It 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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Europe Feet Hands
An idea, like a machine, must have power applied to it before it can accomplish anything.
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Idea Machines Material Raw

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