Work done with little effort is likely to yield little result.
B. C. FORBESAn idea, like a machine, must have power applied to it before it can accomplish anything.
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Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.
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There is no fun equal to the satisfaction of doing one’s best. 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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Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
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A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
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Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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There are two brands of discontent: the brand that merely fosters greed and snarling and back-biting, and the brand that inspires greater and greater effort to reach the desired goal. Which is your brand?
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The fellow who isn’t fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired.
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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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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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Some people are so methodical that that is all they are or ever will be.
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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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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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Temporary release from work, through vacations, becomes more welcome, more pleasurable, even more necessary, as we grow older.
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