Money, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others.
B. C. FORBESIf you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
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Anything that inspires unselfishness makes for our ennoblement. Christmas does that. I am all for Christmas.
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Life is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success.
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The man who is cocksure that he has arrived is ready for the return journey.
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Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other fellow will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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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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The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success.
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Honesty is the cornerstone of character.
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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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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.
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If a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for?
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Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend.
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The way to make a true friend is to be one. Friendship implies loyalty, esteem, cordiality, sympathy, affection, readiness to aid, to help, to stick, to fight for, if need be. … Radiate friendship and it will return sevenfold.
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Success is sweetest to one who has known failure.
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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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