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…the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in the nation’s destiny, by men willing to adventure, to shoulder risks terrifying to the timid.

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Whimpering never kept a leaking vessel from foundering. Vigorously manning the pumps has. Get busy with your head and hands, not your chin.
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Hands Pumps Work
Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don’t put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.
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Generosity Joy Selfishness
Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend.
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Dog Next Your Best Friend
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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Knowledge Men Wisdom
Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
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Adversity Challenges Motivational
It’s so much easier to do good than to be good.
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Easier Good Goodness
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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Life Normal Who Cares
Golf is an ideal diversion, but a ruinous disease.
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Disease Diversion Golf
The truth doesn’t hurt unless it ought to.
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Feelings Hurt
Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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Business Real Riches
The Bible says, ‘Where there is no vision, the people perish.’ Have you a vision? And are you undeviatingly pressing and pushing toward its accomplishment? Dreaming alone will not get you there. Mix your dreams with determination and action.
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Determination Dream People
Kill time and you will kill your career.
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Careers
A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish.
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Accomplish Appreciation Often Can
Honesty is the cornerstone of character.
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Belief Character Honesty
To succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith.
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Determination Perseverance Self
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

…the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in the nation’s destiny, by men willing to adventure, to shoulder risks terrifying to the timid.

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…the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in the nation’s destiny, by men willing to adventure, to shoulder risks terrifying to the timid.

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