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.
B. C. FORBESJealousy… is a mental cancer.
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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Cheerfulness is among the most laudable virtues. It gains you the good will and friendship of others. It blesses those who practice it and those upon whom it is bestowed.
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Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.
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Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively, ceaselessly, the habit of self-education.
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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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Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.
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Plan your work – work your plan
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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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The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.
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Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity’s door if you ardently wish to enter.
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Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend.
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Success consists of being and doing, not simply accumulating.
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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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Opportunity can benefit no man who has not fitted himself to seize it and use it. Opportunity woos the worthy, shuns the unworthy. Prepare yourself to grasp opportunity, and opportunity is likely to come your way. It is not so fickle, capricious and unreasoning as some complain.
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