In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
B. C. FORBESGolf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
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The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.
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He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.
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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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Money, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others.
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The man who has done his level best… is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
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Anything that inspires unselfishness makes for our ennoblement. Christmas does that. I am all for Christmas.
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When it comes to betting on yourself… you’re a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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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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Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiselingand scraping and polishing.
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A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
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If a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for?
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Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.
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Kill time and you will kill your career.
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Time mends all, ends all things earthly.
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