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Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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Men Opportunity Strong
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
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 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
To get the most out of the world one must conscientiously strive to put the most into it. Life without worthy ideals becomes wholly unsatisfying, sour. If our supreme objective is to serve, no blow fate may administer can daunt us.
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Blow Effort Fate
Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity’s door if you ardently wish to enter.
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Inspirational Motivational Opportunity
The Christmas spirit brings home to us-or should bring home to us-the profound Biblical truth that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Anything which inspires unselfishness makes for our ennoblement. Christmas does that. I am all for Christmas.
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Biblical Blessed Home
You have no idea how big the other fellow’s troubles are.
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Bigs Idea Trouble
The most profitless things to manufacture are excuses.
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Excuse Manufacture Profitless Thing
Work done with little effort is likely to yield little result.
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Done Effort Yield
In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
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Important Race Speed
…the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in the nation’s destiny, by men willing to adventure, to shoulder risks terrifying to the timid.
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Adventure Destiny Sports
Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
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Men Patience Reality
He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.
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Anger God Plato
The real friend is he or she who can share all our sorrow and double our joys.
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Joy Real Sorrow

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