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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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Effort Goal Two
When it comes to betting on yourself… you’re a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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Betting Chickens Coward
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
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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Inspirational Motivational Success
If the United States is to produce a nation of investors-as we must if we are to gain financial world-leadership-it is imperative that boards of directors be so constituted as to adequately represent the interests and inspire the complete confidence of investors of moderate substance.
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Directors Inspire United States
If you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
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Business Inspiration Motivation
The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.
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Men Religion Ships
It’s so much easier to do good than to be good.
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Easier Good Goodness
Success is sweetest to one who has known failure.
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Known Sweetest
Bragging often precedes begging.
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Begging Bragging
Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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Men Opportunity Strong
There’s no such thing as a self-made man. I’ve had much help and have found that if you are willing to work, many people are willing to help you.
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Men People Self
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
Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity’s door if you ardently wish to enter.
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Inspirational Motivational Opportunity
He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.
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Anger God Plato
Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
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Golf Hazard Life

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