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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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To get the most out of the world one must conscientiously strive to put the most into it. Life without worthy ideals becomes wholly unsatisfying, sour. If our supreme objective is to serve, no blow fate may administer can daunt us.
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Blow Effort Fate
The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.
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Men Religion Ships
…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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Adventure Destiny Sports
History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
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Courage Inspirational Perseverance
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
Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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Dessert First Meat Positive
If you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
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Business Inspiration Motivation
Use life to provide something that outlasts it.
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Provide Something Use
We must learn that to enjoy happiness we must conscientiously and continuously seek to spread happiness. Selfishness is suicidal to happiness.
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Happiness Selfishness Suicidal
An idea, like a machine, must have power applied to it before it can accomplish anything.
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Idea Machines Material Raw
Backboneless employees are too ready to attribute the success of others to luck. Luck is usually the fruit of intelligent application. The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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Intelligent Men Opportunity
The most profitless things to manufacture are excuses.
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Excuse Manufacture Profitless Thing
Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
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Golf Hazard Life
The truth doesn’t hurt unless it ought to.
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Feelings Hurt
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
Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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Business Real Riches

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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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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