C. Forbes
C. Forbes
generosity joy selfishness
Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.
perfect decision judgement
Life is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success.
friendship loyalty true-friend
The way to make a true friend is to be one. Friendship implies loyalty, esteem, cordiality, sympathy, affection, readiness to aid, to help, to stick, to fight for, if need be. ... Radiate friendship and it will return sevenfold.
littles able kind
Are you doing the kind of work you were built for, so that you can expect to be able to do very large amounts of that kind and thrive under it? Or are you doing a kind of which you can do comparatively little.
party deals ifs
If the deal isn't good for the other party, it isn't good for you.
leadership sports fun
There is no fun equal to the satisfaction of doing one's best. The things that are most worthwhile in life are really those within the reach of almost every normal human being who cares to seek them out.
worry today tomorrow
If you do the best and the most you can today, don't worry about tomorrow.
careers
Kill time and you will kill your career.
time ends all-things
Time mends all, ends all things earthly.
business yield satisfaction
Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other fellow will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
basketball goal trying
It is when things go hardest, when life becomes most trying, that there is greatest need for having a fixed goal.
golf disease diversion
Golf is an ideal diversion, but a ruinous disease.
confidence men organization
Search and you will find that at the base and birth of every great business organization was an enthusiast, man consumed with earnestness of purpose, with confidence in his powers, with faith in the worthwhileness of his endeavors.
happiness suicidal selfishness
We must learn that to enjoy happiness we must conscientiously and continuously seek to spread happiness. Selfishness is suicidal to happiness.