The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one pound given him by his master was made ruler over ten cities.
B. C. FORBESTriumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
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In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
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Upon our children-how they are taught-rests the fate-or fortune-of tomorrow’s world.
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The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.
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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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The man who is cocksure that he has arrived is ready for the return journey.
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Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
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Use life to provide something that outlasts it.
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Life is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success.
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Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
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Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend.
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He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.
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The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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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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Temporary release from work, through vacations, becomes more welcome, more pleasurable, even more necessary, as we grow older.
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