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.
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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Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
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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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Some people are so methodical that that is all they are or ever will be.
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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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Work done with little effort is likely to yield little result.
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The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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If a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for?
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A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
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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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The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.
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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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Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
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You have no idea how big the other fellow’s troubles are.
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Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you are so tired you can’t help going to sleep, and when you wake up you won’t want to worry.
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