Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming.
B. C. FORBESBragging often precedes begging.
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The things that are most worthwhile in life are really those within the reach of almost every normal human being who cares to seek them out.
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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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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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Some people are so methodical that that is all they are or ever will be.
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The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.
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Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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Cheerfulness is among the most laudable virtues. It gains you the good will and friendship of others. It blesses those who practice it and those upon whom it is bestowed.
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What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.
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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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To make headway, improve your head.
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To succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith.
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Jealousy… is a mental cancer.
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It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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