A shady business never yields a sunny life.
B. C. FORBESOpportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity’s door if you ardently wish to enter.
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He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.
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Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other fellow will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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The fellow who isn’t fired with enthusiasm is apt to be fired.
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If the deal isn’t good for the other party, it isn’t good for you.
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Success consists of being and doing, not simply accumulating.
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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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Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
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There’s no such thing as a self-made man. I’ve had much help and have found that if you are willing to work, many people are willing to help you.
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The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.
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Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don’t put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one pound given him by his master was made ruler over ten cities.
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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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He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.
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Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.
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