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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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Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend.
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Dog Next Your Best Friend
If the United States is to produce a nation of investors-as we must if we are to gain financial world-leadership-it is imperative that boards of directors be so constituted as to adequately represent the interests and inspire the complete confidence of investors of moderate substance.
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Directors Inspire United States
The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.
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Army Selfishness Unhappiness
Money, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others.
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Goodwill Yield
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
The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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Bargaining Satisfaction Yield
It is not a case of whether we want to wash our hands of Europe or want to help her to regain her feet. The troubles of Europe have been laid on our doorstep, so to speak, and will plague us, if we do nothing to cure them, whether we like it or not.
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Europe Feet Hands
Kill time and you will kill your career.
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Careers
If you do the best and the most you can today, don’t worry about tomorrow.
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Today Tomorrow Worry
Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
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Cheat Cheating Deception
Use life to provide something that outlasts it.
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Provide Something Use
Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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Honesty Inspirational Mind
The fellow who isn’t fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired.
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Enthusiasm Fellows Work
Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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Men Opportunity Strong
Cheerfulness is among the most laudable virtues. It gains you the good will and friendship of others. It blesses those who practice it and those upon whom it is bestowed.
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Gains Practice Virtue
Golf is an ideal diversion, but a ruinous disease.
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Disease Diversion Golf

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