Money, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others.
B. C. FORBESMany a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
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When it comes to betting on yourself… you’re a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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Whimpering never kept a leaking vessel from foundering. Vigorously manning the pumps has. Get busy with your head and hands, not your chin.
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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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What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.
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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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Bragging often precedes begging.
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Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.
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The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.
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The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one pound given him by his master was made ruler over ten cities.
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The Christmas spirit brings home to us-or should bring home to us-the profound Biblical truth that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Anything which inspires unselfishness makes for our ennoblement. Christmas does that. I am all for Christmas.
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Temporary release from work, through vacations, becomes more welcome, more pleasurable, even more necessary, as we grow older.
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You have no idea how big the other fellow’s troubles are.
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Kill time and you will kill your career.
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The truth doesn’t hurt unless it ought to.
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Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend.
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