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Why not be a top-notcher? A top-notcher is simply an individual who works for the institution of which he is a part, not against it.

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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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The great Big Black Things that have loomed against the horizon of my life, threatening to devour me, simply loomed and nothing more. The things that have really made me miss my train have always been sweet, soft, pretty, pleasant things of which I was not in the least afraid.
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A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
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When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that...the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.
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Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.
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The path of civilization is paved with tin cans.
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A little more patience, a little more charity for all, a little more devotion, a little more love with less bowing down to the past, and a silent ignoring of pretended authority brave looking forward to the future with more faith in our fellows, and the race will be ripe for a great burst of light and life.
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Your neighbor is the man who needs you.
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I believe it is possible that I shall make other creeds, and change this one, or add to it, from time to time, as new light may come to me.
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A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
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It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
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A poor man who eats too much, as contradistinguished from a gourmand, who is a rich man who ''lives well.''
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Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.
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Meanness is more in half-doing than in omitting acts of generosity.
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Postponement: The father of failure.
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The new definition of a heathen is a man who has never played baseball.
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Art is nothing it's a way.
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Pessimist: One who has been intimately acquainted with an Optimist.
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It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
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The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.
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Habit: The great economizer of energy.
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