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.
B. C. FORBESEnthusiasm 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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It is when things go hardest, when life becomes most trying, that there is greatest need for having a fixed goal.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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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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The fellow who isn’t fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired.
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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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Some people are so methodical that that is all they are or ever will be.
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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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Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend.
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If you do the best and the most you can today, don’t worry about tomorrow.
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Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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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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Don’t forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living.
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Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming.
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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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