A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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Now, ideas are the raw material of progress. Everything first takes shape in the form of an idea. But an idea itself is worth nothing. An idea, like a machine, must have power applied to it before it can accomplish anything. The men who have won fame and fortune through having an idea are those who devoted every ounce of their strength and every dollar they could muster to putting it into operation. Ford had a big idea, but he had to sweat and suffer and sacrifice to make it work.B. C. Forbes
The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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Upon our childrenhow they are taughtrests the fateor fortuneof tomorrow's world.
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One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is better than 50 half-finished tasks.
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Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.
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What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.
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