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> [Life is beset by many annoyances, and those that stand out above all are the life- insurance and advertising agents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-foote-macdougall/life-is-beset-by-many-annoyances-and-those-that-stand-out-above-all/)

[Alice Foote MacDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-foote-macdougall/)

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## More by Alice Foote MacDougall

> [It takes real courage to do battle in the unspectacular task. We always listen for the applause of our co-workers. He is courageous who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-foote-macdougall/it-takes-real-courage-to-do-battle-in-the-unspectacular-task-we/)

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> [Commercialism is the blemish on the fair face of American life. Fighting against the terrible conditions of the explorer and pioneer, our forefathers had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-foote-macdougall/commercialism-is-the-blemish-on-the-fair-face-of-american-life/)

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> [Not only is orderliness an economy; it produces rest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-foote-macdougall/not-only-is-orderliness-an-economy-it-produces-rest/)

[Alice Foote MacDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-foote-macdougall/)

> [... the deep experience of the lonely climb on the mountain of success brings a wealth beyond power to compute. To you all suffering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-foote-macdougall/the-deep-experience-of-the-lonely-climb-on-the-mountain-of-success/)

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> [Imagination is a valuable asset in business and she has a sister, Understanding, who also serves. Together they make a splendid team and business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-foote-macdougall/imagination-is-a-valuable-asset-in-business-and-she-has-a-sister/)

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> [for the poor the whole world is a self-constituted critic; your smallest action is open to debate. No secret place of your soul is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-foote-macdougall/for-the-poor-the-whole-world-is-a-self-constituted-critic-your/)

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> [Life is beset by many annoyances, and those that stand out above all are the life- insurance and advertising agents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-foote-macdougall/life-is-beset-by-many-annoyances-and-those-that-stand-out-above-all/)

[Alice Foote MacDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-foote-macdougall/)

> [Poverty is relative, and the lack of food and of the necessities of life is not necessarily a hardship. Spiritual and social ostracism, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-foote-macdougall/poverty-is-relative-and-the-lack-of-food-and-of-the-necessities-of/)

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> [Much of the success of life depends upon keeping one's mind open to opportunity and seizing it when it comes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-foote-macdougall/much-of-the-success-of-life-depends-upon-keeping-one-s-mind-open-to/)

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> [When one is working out a problem ... life becomes duality. One's ego transacts the ordinary routine of things, as if the mind had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-foote-macdougall/when-one-is-working-out-a-problem-life-becomes-duality-one-s-ego/)

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> [When one is altering the face of the universe one cannot remember small helpful acts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-foote-macdougall/when-one-is-altering-the-face-of-the-universe-one-cannot-remember/)

[Alice Foote MacDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-foote-macdougall/)

> [... hunger and cold, ill-health and pain are nothing. They pass. The thing that remains is ignorant criticism, well-meaning but futile advice, the contempt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-foote-macdougall/hunger-and-cold-ill-health-and-pain-are-nothing-they-pass-the-thing/)

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> [In business everyone is out to grab, to fight, to win. Either you are the under or the over dog. It is up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-foote-macdougall/in-business-everyone-is-out-to-grab-to-fight-to-win-either-you-are/)

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> [Perhaps nothing in all my business has helped me more than faith in my fellow man. From the very first I felt confident that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-foote-macdougall/perhaps-nothing-in-all-my-business-has-helped-me-more-than-faith-in/)

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> [Competition is. In every business, no matter how small or how large, someone is just around the corner forever trying to steal your ideas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-foote-macdougall/competition-is-in-every-business-no-matter-how-small-or-how-large/)

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