The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.
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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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The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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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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Some people are so methodical that that is all they are or ever will be.
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Jealousy… is a mental cancer.
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Life is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success.
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A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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No man can fight his way to the top and stay at the top without exercising the fullest measure of grit, courage, determination, resolution.
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Success consists of being and doing, not simply accumulating.
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The Bible says, ‘Where there is no vision, the people perish.’ Have you a vision? And are you undeviatingly pressing and pushing toward its accomplishment? Dreaming alone will not get you there. Mix your dreams with determination and action.
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Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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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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An idea, like a machine, must have power applied to it before it can accomplish anything.
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If a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for?
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