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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Money, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others.
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The way to make a true friend is to be one. Friendship implies loyalty, esteem, cordiality, sympathy, affection, readiness to aid, to help, to stick, to fight for, if need be. … Radiate friendship and it will return sevenfold.
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Temporary release from work, through vacations, becomes more welcome, more pleasurable, even more necessary, as we grow older.
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Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
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The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one pound given him by his master was made ruler over ten cities.
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A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
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Kill time and you will kill your career.
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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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When it comes to betting on yourself… you’re a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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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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The truth doesn’t hurt unless it ought to.
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Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
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Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming.
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