Opportunity can benefit no man who has not fitted himself to seize it and use it. Opportunity woos the worthy, shuns the unworthy. Prepare yourself to grasp opportunity, and opportunity is likely to come your way. It is not so fickle, capricious and unreasoning as some complain.
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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The truth doesn’t hurt unless it ought to.
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Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
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If you do the best and the most you can today, don’t worry about tomorrow.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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When it comes to betting on yourself… you’re a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish.
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There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.
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In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
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The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.
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