BFB.C. Forbes

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B.C. Forbes

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01Undated

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.

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02Undated

The man who has done his level best…is a success, even though the world write him down a failure.

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03Undated

The man who has done his level best and who is conscious that he has done his best is a success even though the world may write him down a failure.

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04Undated

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

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05Undated

Many a man has walked up to the opportunity for which he has long been preparing himself looked it full in the face and then begun to get cold feet... when it comes to betting on yourself and your power to do the thing you know you must do or write yourself down a failure you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.

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06Undated

Our future and our fate lie in our wills more than in our hands for our hands are but the instruments of our wills.

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07Undated

When it comes to betting on yourself ... you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.

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08Undated

Life is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement the less perfect our success.

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09Undated

Many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. They have retained bubbling-over boyishness. They have relished wit they have indulged in humor. They have not allowed "dignity" to depress them into moroseness. Youthfulness of spirit is the twin brother of optimism and optimism is the stuff of which American business success is fashioned. Resist growing up!

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10Undated

Pity the human being who is not able to connect faith within himself with the infinite.... 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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The way to make a true friend is to be one. Friendship implies loyalty esteem cordiality sympathy affection readiness to aid to help to stick to fight for if need be. ... Radiate friendship and it will return sevenfold.

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The real friend is he or she who can share all our sorrow and double our joys.

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13Undated

It is when things go hardest when life becomes most trying that there is greatest need for having a fixed goal. When few comforts come from without it is all the more necessary to have a fount to draw on from within.

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14Undated

Money or even power can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others.

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The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful kindly things for others.

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16Undated

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.

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Call the roll in your memory of conspicuously successful [business] giants and if you know anything about their careers you will be struck by the fact that almost every one of them encountered inordinate difficulties sufficient to crush all but the gamest of spirits. Edison went hungry many times before he became famous.

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18Undated

Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.

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19Undated

Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.

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20Undated

Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong able alert men go after opportunity.

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Opportunity can benefit no man who has not fitted himself to seize it and use it. Opportunity woos the worthy shuns the unworthy. Prepare yourself to grasp opportunity and opportunity is likely to come your way. It is not so fickle capricious and unreasoning as some complain.

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22Undated

You have no idea how big the other fellow's troubles are.

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23Undated

Jealousy is an inner consciousness of one's own inferiority. It is a mental cancer.

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24Undated

Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly enthusiastically unremittingly woo her.

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