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.

Quote by B C Forbes

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

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

Jealousy... is a mental cancer.

Jealousy... is a mental cancer.

Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.

Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.

Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.

Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.

The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to.

The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to.

If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.

If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy...

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy...

Justice must be blind to the hardness or softness of a man's hands, as well...

Justice must be blind to the hardness or softness of a man's hands, as well...

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed....

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed....

He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.

He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.

Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.

Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.

The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.

The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.

He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring...

He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring...

Real riches are the riches possessed inside.

Real riches are the riches possessed inside.

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.

Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you...

Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you...

A shady business never yields a sunny life.

A shady business never yields a sunny life.

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

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

There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate...

There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate...