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History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

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The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.
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Army Selfishness Unhappiness
The man of fixed ingrained principles who has mapped out a straight course, and has the courage and self-control to adhere to it, does not find life complex. Complexities are all of our own making.
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Men Self Simplicity
A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
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Business Driven Order
Work done with little effort is likely to yield little result.
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Done Effort Yield
I have known not a few men who, after reaching the summits of business success, found themselves miserable on attaining retirement age. They were so exclusively engrossed in their day to day affairs that they had no time for friend making.
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Business Retirement Success
Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.
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Giving Moving Thinking
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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Democracy Doe Progress
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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Brother Growing Up Successful
Honesty is the cornerstone of character.
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Belief Character Honesty
Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively, ceaselessly, the habit of self-education.
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Knowledge Men Wisdom
Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don’t put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.
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Generosity Joy Selfishness
Temporary release from work, through vacations, becomes more welcome, more pleasurable, even more necessary, as we grow older.
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Release Vacation Welcome
What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.
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Confidence Courage Fear
Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
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Men Opportunity Strong
The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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Busy He-Man Men
The fellow who isn’t fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired.
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Enthusiasm Fellows Work

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

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