Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.
B. C. FORBESThe real friend is he or she who can share all our sorrow and double our joys.
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There are two brands of discontent: the brand that merely fosters greed and snarling and back-biting, and the brand that inspires greater and greater effort to reach the desired goal. Which is your brand?
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Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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You have no idea how big the other fellow’s troubles are.
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The truth doesn’t hurt unless it ought to.
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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If the United States is to produce a nation of investors-as we must if we are to gain financial world-leadership-it is imperative that boards of directors be so constituted as to adequately represent the interests and inspire the complete confidence of investors of moderate substance.
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Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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An idea, like a machine, must have power applied to it before it can accomplish anything.
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Jealousy… is a mental cancer.
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The way to make a true friend is to be one. Friendship implies loyalty, esteem, cordiality, sympathy, affection, readiness to aid, to help, to stick, to fight for, if need be. … Radiate friendship and it will return sevenfold.
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Many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. Youthfulness of spirit is the twin brother of optimism… Resist growing up!
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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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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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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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Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
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