Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
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Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.
The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?
Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.
Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.
My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.
I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?
Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.
The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.
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