Without self-respect there can be no genuine success. Success won at the cost of self-respect is not success ? for what shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own self-respect.
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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Time mends all, ends all things earthly.
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What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.
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A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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It is when things go hardest, when life becomes most trying, that there is greatest need for having a fixed goal.
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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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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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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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Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend.
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When it comes to betting on yourself… you’re a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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Honesty is the cornerstone of character. The honest man or woman seeks not merely to avoid criminal or illegal acts, but to be scrupulously fair, upright, fearless in both action and expression. Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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If you do the best and the most you can today, don’t worry about tomorrow.
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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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Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
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No man can fight his way to the top and stay at the top without exercising the fullest measure of grit, courage, determination, resolution.
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