The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success.
B. C. FORBESLife is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success.
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Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
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It’s so much easier to do good than to be good.
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Success is sweetest to one who has known failure.
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Triumph 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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Use life to provide something that outlasts it.
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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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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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Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don’t put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.
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Madame Curie didn’t stumble upon radium by accident. She searched and experimented and sweated and suffered years before she found it. Success rarely is an accident.
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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The truth doesn’t hurt unless it ought to.
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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.
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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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Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.
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