Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity’s door if you ardently wish to enter.
B. C. FORBESHonesty is the cornerstone of character.
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The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.
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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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I have never seen people who could do real work except under the stimulus of encouragement and enthusiasm and the approval of the people for whom they are working.
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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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Plan your work – work your plan
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There are two brands of discontent: the brand that merely fosters greed and snarling and back-biting, and the brand that inspires greater and greater effort to reach the desired goal. Which is your brand?
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Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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How you start is important, but it is how you finish that counts. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter.
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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.
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Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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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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The most profitless things to manufacture are excuses.
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Bragging often precedes begging.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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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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