There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.
B. C. FORBESHonesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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There are two brands of discontent: the brand that merely fosters greed and snarling and back-biting, and the brand that inspires greater and greater effort to reach the desired goal. Which is your brand?
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Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
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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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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.
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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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A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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The most profitless things to manufacture are excuses.
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Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other fellow will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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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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It’s so much easier to do good than to be good.
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Honesty is the cornerstone of character. The honest man or woman seeks not merely to avoid criminal or illegal acts, but to be scrupulously fair, upright, fearless in both action and expression. Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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Backboneless employees are too ready to attribute the success of others to luck. Luck is usually the fruit of intelligent application. The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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The fellow who isn’t fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired.
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If the deal isn’t good for the other party, it isn’t good for you.
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