Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
B. C. FORBESReal riches are the riches possessed inside.
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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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Kill time and you will kill your career.
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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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It’s so much easier to do good than to be good.
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Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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Justice must be blind to the hardness or softness of a man’s hands, as well as to the leanness or fatness of his pocketbook
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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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Honesty 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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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 man who has done his level best… is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
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Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.
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Success is sweetest to one who has known failure.
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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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