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There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.

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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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Biblical Humble Responsibility
Work done with little effort is likely to yield little result.
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Done Effort Yield
Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
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Adversity Challenges Motivational
The man of fixed ingrained principles who has mapped out a straight course, and has the courage and self-control to adhere to it, does not find life complex. Complexities are all of our own making.
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Men Self Simplicity
The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.
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Army Selfishness Unhappiness
The most profitless things to manufacture are excuses.
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Excuse Manufacture Profitless Thing
He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.
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Anger God Plato
Bragging often precedes begging.
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Begging Bragging
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
Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other fellow will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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Business Satisfaction Yield
Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don’t put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.
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Generosity Joy Selfishness
Don’t forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living.
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Business Late Life Too
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
The real friend is he or she who can share all our sorrow and double our joys.
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Joy Real Sorrow
Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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Dessert First Meat Positive
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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Sleep Tired Workout

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