The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.
B. C. FORBESTemporary release from work, through vacations, becomes more welcome, more pleasurable, even more necessary, as we grow older.
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Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.
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Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively, ceaselessly, the habit of self-education.
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Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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To succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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Jealousy… is a mental cancer.
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Don’t forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living.
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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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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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The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.
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Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
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Time mends all, ends all things earthly.
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The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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If the United States is to produce a nation of investors-as we must if we are to gain financial world-leadership-it is imperative that boards of directors be so constituted as to adequately represent the interests and inspire the complete confidence of investors of moderate substance.
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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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