Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming.
B. C. FORBESMoney, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others.
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Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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It is not a case of whether we want to wash our hands of Europe or want to help her to regain her feet. The troubles of Europe have been laid on our doorstep, so to speak, and will plague us, if we do nothing to cure them, whether we like it or not.
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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 who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.
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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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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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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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In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
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Many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. Youthfulness of spirit is the twin brother of optimism… Resist growing up!
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Honesty is the cornerstone of character.
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The man who is cocksure that he has arrived is ready for the return journey.
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If a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for?
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A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish.
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Use life to provide something that outlasts it.
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