The man who is cocksure that he has arrived is ready for the return journey.
B. C. FORBESThe fellow who isn’t fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired.
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The truth doesn’t hurt unless it ought to.
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Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively, ceaselessly, the habit of self-education.
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Anything that inspires unselfishness makes for our ennoblement. Christmas does that. I am all for Christmas.
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Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
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It is when things go hardest, when life becomes most trying, that there is greatest need for having a fixed goal.
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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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If the deal isn’t good for the other party, it isn’t good for you.
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If you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
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Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiselingand scraping and polishing.
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A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
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Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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Work done with little effort is likely to yield little result.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity’s door if you ardently wish to enter.
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