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.
B. C. FORBESIf you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
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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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Honesty is the cornerstone of character.
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Jealousy is an inner consciousness of one’s own inferiority. It is a mental cancer.
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In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
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Money, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others.
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Many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. Youthfulness of spirit is the twin brother of optimism… Resist growing up!
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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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…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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It’s so much easier to do good than to be good.
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Bragging often precedes begging.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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Temporary release from work, through vacations, becomes more welcome, more pleasurable, even more necessary, as we grow older.
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Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.
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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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Kill time and you will kill your career.
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