What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.
B. C. FORBESBetter to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
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Bragging often precedes begging.
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If a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for?
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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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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Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you are so tired you can’t help going to sleep, and when you wake up you won’t want to worry.
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Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.
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The man who is cocksure that he has arrived is ready for the return journey.
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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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If the United States is to produce a nation of investors-as we must if we are to gain financial world-leadership-it is imperative that boards of directors be so constituted as to adequately represent the interests and inspire the complete confidence of investors of moderate substance.
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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Honesty is the cornerstone of character.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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When it comes to betting on yourself… you’re a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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The most profitless things to manufacture are excuses.
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The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.
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