Quote #60

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

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  1. Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.
  2. Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right. (See: If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're r…
  3. Under pressure, the mouth speaks when the brain is disengaged, and, sometimes unwittingly, the gearshift is in reverse when it should be in…
  4. Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the equivalent of fo…
  5. Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.
  6. Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
  7. There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highes…
  8. There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

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