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.
B. C. FORBESIf the deal isn’t good for the other party, it isn’t good for you.
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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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If you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
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I have known not a few men who, after reaching the summits of business success, found themselves miserable on attaining retirement age. They were so exclusively engrossed in their day to day affairs that they had no time for friend making.
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The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.
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Honesty is the cornerstone of character. The honest man or woman seeks not merely to avoid criminal or illegal acts, but to be scrupulously fair, upright, fearless in both action and expression. Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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Honesty is the cornerstone of character.
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Money, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others.
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An idea, like a machine, must have power applied to it before it can accomplish anything.
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Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.
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A price has to be paid for success. Almost invariably those who have reached the summits worked harder and longer, studied and planned more assiduously, practiced more self- denial, overcame more difficulties than those of us who have not risen so far.
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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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Use life to provide something that outlasts it.
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Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
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Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
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Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don’t put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.
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