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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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Our future and our fate lie in our wills more than in our hands, for our hands are but the instruments of our wills.
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Determination Fate Lying
Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
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Men Patience Reality
The real friend is he or she who can share all our sorrow and double our joys.
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Joy Real Sorrow
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
Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend.
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Dog Next Your Best Friend
Time mends all, ends all things earthly.
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All Ends Things Time
The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.
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Army Selfishness Unhappiness
Money, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others.
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Goodwill Yield
The man who has done his level best… is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
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Inspirational Motivational Success
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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Sleep Tired Workout
In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
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Important Race Speed
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
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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Life Normal Who Cares
Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
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Adversity Challenges Motivational
Use life to provide something that outlasts it.
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Provide Something Use
If a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for?
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Pigs Prayer Praying

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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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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