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“The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability.”
“Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.”
“Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.”
“Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.”
“Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.”
“The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.”
“When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.”
“Success seems to be largely a matterof hanging on after others have let go.”
“One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.”
“If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.”
“Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.”
“Beware the person who won't be bothered with details.”
“Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.”
“An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.”
“Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.”
“Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible.”
“We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job.”
“Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work.”
“Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.”
“When ordering lunch, the big executives are just as indecisive as the rest of us.”