"When a fortune comes without calling, it's apt……" — George Horace Lorimer
"When a fortune comes without calling, it's apt to leave without asking."
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George Horace Lorimer
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15 Quotes by George Horace Lorimer
George Horace Lorimer has 15 quotes on this site.
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Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as…
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You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.
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It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up…
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Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.
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In all your dealings, remember that today is your opportunity; tomorrow some other fellow's.
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The aim of the college, for the individual student, is to eliminate the need in his life for the college;…
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What you know is a club for yourself, and what you don't know is a meat-ax for the other fellow.
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I ain't one of those who believe that a half knowledge of a subject is useless, but it has been…
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Back of every noble life there are principles that have fashioned it.
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Believe me, it is no time for words when the wounds are fresh and bleeding; no time for homilies when…
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Consider carefully before you say a hard word to a man, but never let a chance to say a good…
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The solution to our energy needs must go through a show of respect for nature, not, once again, a policy…
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