"How you start is important, very important, but……" — B. C. Forbes
"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."
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112 Quotes by B. C. Forbes
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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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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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