No man can fight his way to the top and stay at the top without exercising the fullest measure of grit, courage, determination, resolution.
B. C. FORBESIt’s so much easier to do good than to be good.
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Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming.
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Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
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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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Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.
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Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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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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The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.
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Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you are so tired you can’t help going to sleep, and when you wake up you won’t want to worry.
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There’s no such thing as a self-made man. I’ve had much help and have found that if you are willing to work, many people are willing to help you.
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The most profitless things to manufacture are excuses.
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The real friend is he or she who can share all our sorrow and double our joys.
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How you start is important, but it is how you finish that counts. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter.
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The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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If a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for?
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What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.
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