There 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.
B. C. FORBESMediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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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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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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If a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for?
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Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity’s door if you ardently wish to enter.
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Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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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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Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming.
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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 human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.
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In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
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Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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Upon our children-how they are taught-rests the fate-or fortune-of tomorrow’s world.
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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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Jealousy… is a mental cancer.
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