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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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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.
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Complaining Men Opportunity
Some people are so methodical that that is all they are or ever will be.
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Manners Moral People
Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.
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Giving Moving Thinking
A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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Sunny Sunny Afternoon Weather Yield
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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Encouragement People Real
Life is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success.
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Decision Judgement Perfect
Bragging often precedes begging.
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Begging Bragging
Don’t forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living.
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Business Late Life Too
It is not a case of whether we want to wash our hands of Europe or want to help her to regain her feet. The troubles of Europe have been laid on our doorstep, so to speak, and will plague us, if we do nothing to cure them, whether we like it or not.
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Europe Feet Hands
There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.
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Credit Firsts Satisfaction
The 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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Biblical Humble Responsibility
Backboneless employees are too ready to attribute the success of others to luck. Luck is usually the fruit of intelligent application. The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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Intelligent Men Opportunity
The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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Luck Men Opportunity
The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success.
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Leadership Men Success
Enthusiasm is the electric current that keeps the engine of life going at top speed. Enthusiasm is the very propeller of progress.
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Current Electric Enthusiasm Progress
The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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Busy He-Man Men

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