Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
B. C. FORBESAnything that inspires unselfishness makes for our ennoblement. Christmas does that. I am all for Christmas.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming.
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
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The Bible says, ‘Where there is no vision, the people perish.’ Have you a vision? And are you undeviatingly pressing and pushing toward its accomplishment? Dreaming alone will not get you there. Mix your dreams with determination and action.
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Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
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Bragging often precedes begging.
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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 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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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.
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Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
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If you do the best and the most you can today, don’t worry about tomorrow.
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Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you are so tired you can’t help going to sleep, and when you wake up you won’t want to worry.
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Don’t forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living.
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Anything that inspires unselfishness makes for our ennoblement. Christmas does that. I am all for Christmas.
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