The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.
B. C. FORBESThe human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.
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Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.
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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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A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
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A price has to be paid for success. Almost invariably those who have reached the summits worked harder and longer, studied and planned more assiduously, practiced more self- denial, overcame more difficulties than those of us who have not risen so far.
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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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Bragging often precedes begging.
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Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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Golf is an ideal diversion, but a ruinous disease.
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Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend.
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The man who has done his level best… is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
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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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If you do the best and the most you can today, don’t worry about tomorrow.
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