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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!

B. C. Forbes

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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Biblical Blessed Home
Success is sweetest to one who has known failure.
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Known Sweetest
The way to make a true friend is to be one. Friendship implies loyalty, esteem, cordiality, sympathy, affection, readiness to aid, to help, to stick, to fight for, if need be. … Radiate friendship and it will return sevenfold.
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Friendship Loyalty True Friend
There is no fun equal to the satisfaction of doing one’s best. 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.
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Fun Leadership Sports
Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming.
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Acting Shooting Thinking
The most profitless things to manufacture are excuses.
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Excuse Manufacture Profitless Thing
Madame Curie didn’t stumble upon radium by accident. She searched and experimented and sweated and suffered years before she found it. Success rarely is an accident.
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Found Success Years
If a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for?
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Pigs Prayer Praying
A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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Sunny Sunny Afternoon Weather Yield
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
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Motivational Often Triumph
The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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Busy He-Man Men
The man who is cocksure that he has arrived is ready for the return journey.
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Journey Men Return
Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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Honesty Inspirational Mind
Success consists of being and doing, not simply accumulating.
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Accumulate Consists Simply Success
The fellow who isn’t fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired.
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Enthusiasm Fellows Work
The real friend is he or she who can share all our sorrow and double our joys.
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Joy Real Sorrow

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