The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
B. C. FORBESTime mends all, ends all things earthly.
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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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The real friend is he or she who can share all our sorrow and double our joys.
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I have known not a few men who, after reaching the summits of business success, found themselves miserable on attaining retirement age. They were so exclusively engrossed in their day to day affairs that they had no time for friend making.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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Time mends all, ends all things earthly.
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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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Use life to provide something that outlasts it.
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To make headway, improve your head.
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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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Kill time and you will kill your career.
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It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
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Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
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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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Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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The man who is cocksure that he has arrived is ready for the return journey.
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