If a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for?
B. C. FORBESThere is no fun equal to the satisfaction of doing one’s best. The things that are most worthwhile in life are really those within the reach of almost every normal human being who cares to seek them out.
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…the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in the nation’s destiny, by men willing to adventure, to shoulder risks terrifying to the timid.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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Upon our children-how they are taught-rests the fate-or fortune-of tomorrow’s world.
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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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Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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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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The fellow who isn’t fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired.
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Jealousy is an inner consciousness of one’s own inferiority. It is a mental cancer.
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Jealousy… is a mental cancer.
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The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success.
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The most profitless things to manufacture are excuses.
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Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend.
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To make headway, improve your head.
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Justice must be blind to the hardness or softness of a man’s hands, as well as to the leanness or fatness of his pocketbook
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Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
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