"Many a man thinks he is patient when,……" — B. C. Forbes
"Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent."
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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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The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of…
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path…
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The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is…
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Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has itself died, can inflict it…
— Theodor Adorno
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Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by…
— Anthony Bourdain
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To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone…
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Women are always complaining about men's fascination with breasts. But what if men were absolutely indifferent to breasts? What would…
— Jonathan Carroll
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Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is…
— Thomas Aquinas
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I believe that an orderly universe, one indifferent to human preoccupations, in which everything has an explanation even if we…
— Richard Dawkins
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The vested interests-if we explain the situation by their influence-can only get the public to act as they wish by…
— Norman Angell
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In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.
— Loretta Lynn
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