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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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Determination Exercise Fighting
The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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Busy He-Man Men
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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Inspirational Motivational Success
Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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Men Opportunity Strong
Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
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Men Patience Reality
Backboneless employees are too ready to attribute the success of others to luck. Luck is usually the fruit of intelligent application. The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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Intelligent Men Opportunity
Work done with little effort is likely to yield little result.
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Done Effort Yield
He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.
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Confidence Courage Faith
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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Character Honesty Men
Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
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Adversity Challenges Motivational
He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.
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Anger God Plato
The man who is cocksure that he has arrived is ready for the return journey.
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Journey Men Return
Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other fellow will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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Business Satisfaction Yield
Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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Dessert First Meat Positive
Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively, ceaselessly, the habit of self-education.
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Knowledge Men Wisdom
When it comes to betting on yourself… you’re a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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Betting Chickens Coward
It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
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Fall Inspirational Spring
Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.
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Giving Moving Thinking
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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Courage Inspirational Perseverance
The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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Failure Integrity Men
Temporary release from work, through vacations, becomes more welcome, more pleasurable, even more necessary, as we grow older.
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Release Vacation Welcome
The fellow who isn’t fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired.
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Enthusiasm Fellows Work
Whimpering never kept a leaking vessel from foundering. Vigorously manning the pumps has. Get busy with your head and hands, not your chin.
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Hands Pumps Work
We must learn that to enjoy happiness we must conscientiously and continuously seek to spread happiness. Selfishness is suicidal to happiness.
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Happiness Selfishness Suicidal
Success consists of being and doing, not simply accumulating.
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Accumulate Consists Simply Success
Use life to provide something that outlasts it.
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Provide Something Use
To make headway, improve your head.
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Habit Headway Make Work

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