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.
B. C. FORBESHonesty is the cornerstone of character. The honest man or woman seeks not merely to avoid criminal or illegal acts, but to be scrupulously fair, upright, fearless in both action and expression. Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
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If you do the best and the most you can today, don’t worry about tomorrow.
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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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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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There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.
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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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The man who is cocksure that he has arrived is ready for the return journey.
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It is the hard-boiled employer, not the soft-hearted species, that incites most of our strikes and does most ot endanger the harmonious progress of democracy.
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Kill time and you will kill your career.
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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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If the deal isn’t good for the other party, it isn’t good for you.
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Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other fellow will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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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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He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.
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Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiselingand scraping and polishing.
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