"Golf is an ideal diversion, but a ruinous…" — B. C. Forbes
"Golf is an ideal diversion, but a ruinous disease."
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112 Quotes by B. C. Forbes
B. C. Forbes has 112 quotes on this site.
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No man can fight his way to the top and stay at the top without exercising the fullest measure of…
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To succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith.
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...the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage,…
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The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.
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Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
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Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
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No man can fight his way to the top and stay at the top without exercising the fullest measure of…
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When it comes to betting on yourself... you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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We must learn that to enjoy happiness we must conscientiously and continuously seek to spread happiness. Selfishness is suicidal to…
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Search and you will find that at the base and birth of every great business organization was an enthusiast, man…
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A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish.
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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More Disease Quotes
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The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious…
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
— Francis Bacon
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Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The…
— James A. Baldwin
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Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease.
— Daniel Barenboim
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It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary.…
— Saint Basil
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Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights…
— Saint Basil
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Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food.
— Mario Batali
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I gave three years of my life to take care of my dying mother who had Alzheimer's disease. Being there…
— Melody Beattie
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At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting…
— Martha Beck
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The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships,…
— Andrew Bernstein
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We cannot know the whole truth, which belongs to God alone, but our task nevertheless is to seek to know…
— Wendell Berry
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Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the…
— Grace Abbott
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