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.
B. C. FORBESYou have no idea how big the other fellow’s troubles are.
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The man who is cocksure that he has arrived is ready for the return journey.
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I have never seen people who could do real work except under the stimulus of encouragement and enthusiasm and the approval of the people for whom they are working.
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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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When it comes to betting on yourself… you’re a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
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There’s no such thing as a self-made man. I’ve had much help and have found that if you are willing to work, many people are willing to help you.
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Kill time and you will kill your career.
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What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.
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Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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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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Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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Jealousy is an inner consciousness of one’s own inferiority. It is a mental cancer.
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It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
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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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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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