Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
B. C. FORBESJustice 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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It’s so much easier to do good than to be good.
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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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He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.
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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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Honesty is the cornerstone of character.
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An idea, like a machine, must have power applied to it before it can accomplish anything.
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It is not a case of whether we want to wash our hands of Europe or want to help her to regain her feet. The troubles of Europe have been laid on our doorstep, so to speak, and will plague us, if we do nothing to cure them, whether we like it or not.
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In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
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Enthusiasm is the electric current that keeps the engine of life going at top speed. Enthusiasm is the very propeller of progress.
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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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Upon our children-how they are taught-rests the fate-or fortune-of tomorrow’s world.
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There are two brands of discontent: the brand that merely fosters greed and snarling and back-biting, and the brand that inspires greater and greater effort to reach the desired goal. Which is your brand?
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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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Cheerfulness is among the most laudable virtues. It gains you the good will and friendship of others. It blesses those who practice it and those upon whom it is bestowed.
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A price has to be paid for success. Almost invariably those who have reached the summits worked harder and longer, studied and planned more assiduously, practiced more self- denial, overcame more difficulties than those of us who have not risen so far.
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