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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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The most profitless things to manufacture are excuses.
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Excuse Manufacture Profitless Thing
The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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Busy He-Man Men
Success consists of being and doing, not simply accumulating.
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Accumulate Consists Simply Success
An idea, like a machine, must have power applied to it before it can accomplish anything.
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Idea Machines Material Raw
If the deal isn’t good for the other party, it isn’t good for you.
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Deal Good Party
A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish.
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Accomplish Appreciation Often Can
You have no idea how big the other fellow’s troubles are.
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Bigs Idea Trouble
Life is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success.
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Decision Judgement Perfect
Don’t forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living.
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Business Late Life Too
The fellow who isn’t fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired.
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Enthusiasm Fellows Work
Upon our children-how they are taught-rests the fate-or fortune-of tomorrow’s world.
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Children Fate Inspirational
The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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Luck Men Opportunity
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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Acceptance Pay Price Self
What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.
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Confidence Courage Fear
Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend.
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Dog Next Your Best Friend
Without self-respect there can be no genuine success. Success won at the cost of self-respect is not success ? for what shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own self-respect.
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Cost Men Self

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