Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
B. C. FORBESThe man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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Jealousy is an inner consciousness of one’s own inferiority. It is a mental cancer.
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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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Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively, ceaselessly, the habit of self-education.
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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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He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.
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The Bible says, ‘Where there is no vision, the people perish.’ Have you a vision? And are you undeviatingly pressing and pushing toward its accomplishment? Dreaming alone will not get you there. Mix your dreams with determination and action.
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A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish.
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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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Honesty is the cornerstone of character.
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Success is sweetest to one who has known failure.
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Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
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Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.
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History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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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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