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There are two brands of discontent: the brand that merely fosters greed and snarling and back-biting, and the brand that inspires greater and greater effort to reach the desired goal. Which is your brand?

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Some people are so methodical that that is all they are or ever will be.
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Manners Moral People
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
Plan your work – work your plan
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Plan Success Work
I have never seen people who could do real work except under the stimulus of encouragement and enthusiasm and the approval of the people for whom they are working.
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Encouragement People Real
Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.
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Giving Moving Thinking
The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.
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Greed Life World
Honesty is the cornerstone of character.
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Belief Character Honesty
Enthusiasm is the electric current that keeps the engine of life going at top speed. Enthusiasm is the very propeller of progress.
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Current Electric Enthusiasm Progress
Without self-respect there can be no genuine success. Success won at the cost of self-respect is not success ? for what shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own self-respect.
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Cost Men Self
Money, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others.
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Goodwill Yield
Success is sweetest to one who has known failure.
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Known Sweetest
Life is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success.
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Decision Judgement Perfect
Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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Men Opportunity Strong
Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend.
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Dog Next Your Best Friend
The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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Bargaining Satisfaction Yield
You have no idea how big the other fellow’s troubles are.
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Bigs Idea Trouble

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