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.
B. C. FORBESIt is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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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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What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.
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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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Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you are so tired you can’t help going to sleep, and when you wake up you won’t want to worry.
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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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The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.
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Our future and our fate lie in our wills more than in our hands, for our hands are but the instruments of our wills.
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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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Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
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Without self-respect there can be no genuine success. Success won at the cost of self-respect is not success ? for what shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own self-respect.
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The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.
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In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
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