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.
B. C. FORBESTo succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith.
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Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity’s door if you ardently wish to enter.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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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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Jealousy is an inner consciousness of one’s own inferiority. It is a mental cancer.
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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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If the deal isn’t good for the other party, it isn’t good for you.
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…the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in the nation’s destiny, by men willing to adventure, to shoulder risks terrifying to the timid.
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Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.
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It’s so much easier to do good than to be good.
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An idea, like a machine, must have power applied to it before it can accomplish anything.
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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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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
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