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Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.

Elbert Hubbard

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.
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Avoid Criticism
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
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Fools Limitation Man Wisdom
Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.
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Fools Lover Nature
Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.
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Achievement Art Character Genius Infinity Man Pain Success
Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do
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Friendship Pay Work
Freedom cannot be bestowed – it must be achieved.
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Achievement Freedom
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
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Ability Forget Goodness Greatness Memories
If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion.
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Better Change Religion Yourself
Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions forced upon you by those who have a personal interest in keeping you in ignorance.
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Conclusion Ignorance Personal Right Thinking Yourself
To make mistakes is human, but to profit from them is divine.
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Divine Human Mistake Profit
Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.
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Heart Man Truth Way Wisdom Yourself
Most people like hard work, particularly when they’re paying for it.
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Hard Work Pay People
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.
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Experience Failure Man
Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent – the power to do the right thing the first time.
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Act Genius Power Right Time
Impossible things are simply those which so far have never been done.
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Impossible Potential Simplicity
The valuable person in any business is the individual who can and will cooperate with others.
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Business Cooperation Person Value

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