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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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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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Effort Goal Two
The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.
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Army Selfishness Unhappiness
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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Cost Men Self
Opportunity can benefit no man who has not fitted himself to seize it and use it. Opportunity woos the worthy, shuns the unworthy. Prepare yourself to grasp opportunity, and opportunity is likely to come your way. It is not so fickle, capricious and unreasoning as some complain.
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Complaining Men Opportunity
Plan your work – work your plan
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Plan Success Work
The most profitless things to manufacture are excuses.
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Excuse Manufacture Profitless Thing
To make headway, improve your head.
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Habit Headway Make Work
Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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Enthusiastically Lady Luck
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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Men Self Simplicity
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
He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.
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Anger God Plato
Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
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Golf Hazard Life
You have no idea how big the other fellow’s troubles are.
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Bigs Idea Trouble
If you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
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Business Inspiration Motivation
A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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Sunny Sunny Afternoon Weather Yield
Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
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Cheat Cheating Deception

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