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To get the most out of the world one must conscientiously strive to put the most into it. Life without worthy ideals becomes wholly unsatisfying, sour. If our supreme objective is to serve, no blow fate may administer can daunt us.

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Whimpering never kept a leaking vessel from foundering. Vigorously manning the pumps has. Get busy with your head and hands, not your chin.

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It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.

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There is more genuine joy in climbing the hill of success, even though sweat may be spent and toes may be stubbed, than in aimlessly sliding down the path to failure. If a straight, honorable path has been chosen, the gaining of the summit yields lasting satisfaction. The morass of failure, if reached through laziness, indifference or other avoidable fault, yields nothing but ignominy and sorrow for self and family and friends.

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How you start is important, very important, but in the end it is how you finish that counts. It is easier to be a self-starter than a self-finisher. The victor in the race is not the one who dashes off swiftest but the one who leads at the finish. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter in life's race. In America we breed many hares but not so many tortoises.

B. C. Forbes

B. C. Forbes

B. C. Forbes

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Born: May 14, 1880

Died: May 6, 1954 (aged 73)

Bio: Bertie Charles Forbes was a Scottish-born American financial journalist and author who founded Forbes magazine.

Known for:

Men Who Are Making America (1916)
Men Who Are Making the West (1923)
Finance, Business and the Business of Life (1915)
Automotive Giants Of America (1926)
How to Get the Most Out of Business (1927)

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