The man who has done his level best… is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
B. C. FORBESJealousy… is a mental cancer.
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To succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith.
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In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
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The real friend is he or she who can share all our sorrow and double our joys.
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Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.
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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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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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Some people are so methodical that that is all they are or ever will be.
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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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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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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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The man who is cocksure that he has arrived is ready for the return journey.
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Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
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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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Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiselingand scraping and polishing.
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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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