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.
B. C. FORBESWhat you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.
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If a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for?
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The Bible says, ‘Where there is no vision, the people perish.’ Have you a vision? And are you undeviatingly pressing and pushing toward its accomplishment? Dreaming alone will not get you there. Mix your dreams with determination and action.
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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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Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.
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There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.
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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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Honesty is the cornerstone of character.
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Upon our children-how they are taught-rests the fate-or fortune-of tomorrow’s world.
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Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don’t put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.
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Life is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success.
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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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Golf is an ideal diversion, but a ruinous disease.
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Jealousy is an inner consciousness of one’s own inferiority. It is a mental cancer.
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A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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