Opportunity can benefit no man who has not fitted himself to seize it and use it. Opportunity woos the worthy, shuns the unworthy. Prepare yourself to grasp opportunity, and opportunity is likely to come your way. It is not so fickle, capricious and unreasoning as some complain.
B. C. FORBESWork done with little effort is likely to yield little result.
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There is no fun equal to the satisfaction of doing one’s best. 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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Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.
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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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In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
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The real friend is he or she who can share all our sorrow and double our joys.
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A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
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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 man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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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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It is the hard-boiled employer, not the soft-hearted species, that incites most of our strikes and does most ot endanger the harmonious progress of democracy.
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Success is sweetest to one who has known failure.
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Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend.
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The truth doesn’t hurt unless it ought to.
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How you start is important, but it is how you finish that counts. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter.
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