Honesty is the cornerstone of character.
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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The truth doesn’t hurt unless it ought to.
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Time mends all, ends all things earthly.
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Bragging often precedes begging.
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Success is sweetest to one who has known failure.
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How you start is important, but it is how you finish that counts. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter.
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To succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith.
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Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
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Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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If you do the best and the most you can today, don’t worry about tomorrow.
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It’s so much easier to do good than to be good.
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Temporary release from work, through vacations, becomes more welcome, more pleasurable, even more necessary, as we grow older.
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It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
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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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A price has to be paid for success. Almost invariably those who have reached the summits worked harder and longer, studied and planned more assiduously, practiced more self- denial, overcame more difficulties than those of us who have not risen so far.
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Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity’s door if you ardently wish to enter.
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