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.
~ B. C. Forbes
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.
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.
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.
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.
Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly enthusiastically unremittingly woo her.
Call the roll in your memory of conspicuously successful business giants and ... 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.
Judgment can be acquired only by acute observation by actual experience in the school of life by ceaseless alertness to learn from others by study of the activities of men who have made notable marks by striving to analyze the everyday play of causes and effects by constant study of human nature.
Search and you will find that at the base and birth of every great business organization was an enthusiast a man consumed with earnestness of purpose with confidence in his powers with faith in the worthwhileness of his endeavors.
How we love to blame others for our misfortunes! Almost every individual who has lost money in stock speculation has on the tip of his tongue an explanation which he trots out to show that it wasn't his own fault at all.... Hardly one loser has the manliness to say frankly I was wrong.
When it comes to betting on yourself ... you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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.
The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.
Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to.
Jealousy... is a mental cancer.
It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.
