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.
B. C. FORBESThere’s no such thing as a self-made man. I’ve had much help and have found that if you are willing to work, many people are willing to help you.
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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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Many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. Youthfulness of spirit is the twin brother of optimism… Resist growing up!
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Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming.
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Jealousy… is a mental cancer.
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Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.
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He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.
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History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
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What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.
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Success consists of being and doing, not simply accumulating.
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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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Work done with little effort is likely to yield little result.
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…the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in the nation’s destiny, by men willing to adventure, to shoulder risks terrifying to the timid.
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A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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If you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
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To get the most out of the world one must conscientiously strive to put the most into it. Life without worthy ideals becomes wholly unsatisfying, sour. If our supreme objective is to serve, no blow fate may administer can daunt us.
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