Golf is an ideal diversion, but a ruinous disease.
B. C. FORBESThe 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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Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
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Plan your work – work your plan
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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 done his level best… is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
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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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When it comes to betting on yourself… you’re a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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If a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for?
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Our future and our fate lie in our wills more than in our hands, for our hands are but the instruments of our wills.
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Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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Use life to provide something that outlasts it.
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To make headway, improve your head.
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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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The fellow who isn’t fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired.
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Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.
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