Some people are so methodical that that is all they are or ever will be.
B. C. FORBESAnything that inspires unselfishness makes for our ennoblement. Christmas does that. I am all for Christmas.
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The man of fixed ingrained principles who has mapped out a straight course, and has the courage and self-control to adhere to it, does not find life complex. Complexities are all of our own making.
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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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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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Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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Jealousy… is a mental cancer.
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The Christmas spirit brings home to us-or should bring home to us-the profound Biblical truth that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Anything which inspires unselfishness makes for our ennoblement. Christmas does that. I am all for Christmas.
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A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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If the deal isn’t good for the other party, it isn’t good for you.
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Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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Justice must be blind to the hardness or softness of a man’s hands, as well as to the leanness or fatness of his pocketbook
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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If you do the best and the most you can today, don’t worry about tomorrow.
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In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
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Golf is an ideal diversion, but a ruinous disease.
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