The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
B. C. FORBESTo succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith.
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Money, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others.
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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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A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
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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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Jealousy is an inner consciousness of one’s own inferiority. It is a mental cancer.
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Madame Curie didn’t stumble upon radium by accident. She searched and experimented and sweated and suffered years before she found it. Success rarely is an accident.
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A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish.
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…the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in the nation’s destiny, by men willing to adventure, to shoulder risks terrifying to the timid.
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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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To make headway, improve your head.
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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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Work done with little effort is likely to yield little result.
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Cheerfulness is among the most laudable virtues. It gains you the good will and friendship of others. It blesses those who practice it and those upon whom it is bestowed.
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If the deal isn’t good for the other party, it isn’t good for you.
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