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The man of fixed ingrained principles who has mapped out a straight course, and has the courage and self-control to adhere to it, does not find life complex. Complexities are all of our own making.

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We must learn that to enjoy happiness we must conscientiously and continuously seek to spread happiness. Selfishness is suicidal to happiness.
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Happiness Selfishness Suicidal
Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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Honesty Inspirational Mind
You have no idea how big the other fellow’s troubles are.
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Bigs Idea Trouble
The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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Luck Men Opportunity
Life is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success.
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Decision Judgement Perfect
The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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Busy He-Man Men
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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Friendship Loyalty True Friend
Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiselingand scraping and polishing.
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Inspirational Motivational Success
If the deal isn’t good for the other party, it isn’t good for you.
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Deal Good Party
Golf is an ideal diversion, but a ruinous disease.
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Disease Diversion Golf
Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
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Adversity Challenges Motivational
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
Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.
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Basketball Inspirational Jobs
I have known not a few men who, after reaching the summits of business success, found themselves miserable on attaining retirement age. They were so exclusively engrossed in their day to day affairs that they had no time for friend making.
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Business Retirement Success
Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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Enthusiastically Lady Luck
Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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Dessert First Meat Positive

The man of fixed ingrained principles who has mapped out a straight course, and has the courage and self-control to adhere to it, does not find life complex. Complexities are all of our own making.

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The man of fixed ingrained principles who has mapped out a straight course, and has the courage and self-control to adhere to it, does not find life complex. Complexities are all of our own making.

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