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We all know that the nation can't divide more than the people produce, but as individuals we try to get more than our share and that's how we get ahead.
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We all find time to do what we really want to do.
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Always remember that there is a law of compensation which operates just as infallibly as gravitation, and that victory goes at last where it ought to, and that this is just as true of individuals as of nations.
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A good man likes a hard boss. I don't mean a nagging boss or a grouchy boss. I mean a boss who insists on things being done right and on time; a boss who is watching things closely enough so that he knows a good job from a poor one. Nothing is more discouraging to a good man than a boss who is not on the job, and who does not know whether things are going well or badly.
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Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.
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If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.
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No task is so humble that it does not offer an outlet for individuality.
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One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.
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Few of us get anything without working for it.
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[on education] It's knowing where to go to find out what you need to know, and it's knowing how to use the information once you get it.
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That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally.
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The way to get ahead is to start now.
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The sweaty players in the game of life always have more fun than the supercilious spectators.
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Once you have sold a customer, make sure he is satisfied with your goods. Stay with him until the goods are used up or worn out. Your product may be of such long life that you will never sell him again, but he will sell you and your product to his friends.
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Experience seems to be the only thing of any value that's widely distributed.
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Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.
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Know and believe in yourself and what others think won't disturb you.
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Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right.
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Nothing will ruin an interesting intelligent argument more quickly than the arrival of a pretty girl.
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Business demands faith, compels earnestness, requires courage, is honestly selfish, is penalized for mistakes, and is the essence of life.
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Do each daily task the best we can; act as though the eye of opportunity were always upon us.
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An uncontrolled sense of humor is often costly in business.
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Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.
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I have won every argument I ever had with myself.