Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
B. C. FORBESGolf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
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The fellow who isn’t fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired.
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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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You have no idea how big the other fellow’s troubles are.
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It’s so much easier to do good than to be good.
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Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
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When it comes to betting on yourself… you’re a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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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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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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The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.
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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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Upon our children-how they are taught-rests the fate-or fortune-of tomorrow’s world.
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Our future and our fate lie in our wills more than in our hands, for our hands are but the instruments of our wills.
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