The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.
B. C. FORBESSome people are so methodical that that is all they are or ever will be.
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The fellow who isn’t fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired.
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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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Time mends all, ends all things earthly.
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Without self-respect there can be no genuine success. Success won at the cost of self-respect is not success ? for what shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own self-respect.
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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 is no fun equal to the satisfaction of doing one’s best. 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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Success is sweetest to one who has known failure.
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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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The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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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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Kill time and you will kill your career.
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What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.
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