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Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all these and yet remain comparatively useless - be unhappy - and die a bankrupt in soul.

~George Matthew Adams

Topics: Bankrupt Character Comparatively Compare Die Fame Friends Genius Greater Man May Money Nothing Remain Soul Talent Than Unhappy Useless

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The easiest thing in the world is to succeed. You can't help it if you follow the rules and play the game the best way you know how according to yourself, instead of according to the one next to you, or above you, or somewhere away from you.

~George Matthew Adams

Topics: Above According Away Best Best Way Easiest Easiest Thing Follow Game Help How Instead Know Next Play Rules Somewhere Succeed Thing Way World You Yourself

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No one owns you. One hundred per cent of the stock in your personal corporation belongs to you.

~George Matthew Adams

Topics: Belongs Cent Corporation Hundred Owns Per Personal Stock You Your

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No one ever gets too big to make mistakes. The secret is that the big man is greater than his mistakes, because he rises right out of them and passes beyond them.

~George Matthew Adams

Topics: Because Beyond Big Ever Gets Greater He His Make Man Mistakes Out Passes Right Rises Secret Than Them Too

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No matter what your work today, if it is worth while at all - time to plan it out, time to do it well, and time to finish it, is your day's greatest gift and your greatest job.

~George Matthew Adams

Topics: Day Finish Gift Greatest Greatest Gift Job Matter Out Plan Time Today Well While Work Worth Your

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Courage is heartworth making itself felt in deeds. It never waits for chances; it makes chances.

~George Matthew Adams

Topics: Chances Courage Deeds Felt Itself Makes Making Never Waits

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Few people wear out before their time. Mostly they rust out, worry out, run out - spill out. A machine must have care and its different parts must be adjusted properly. No machine has ever approached the human machine. When it is right, it is in health.

~George Matthew Adams

Topics: Adjusted Before Care Different Different Parts Ever Few Few People Health Human Machine Mostly Must Out Parts People Properly Right Run Rust Spill Time Wear Worry

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It's marvelous the change that comes about when a man gets together all his forces and centers them upon the doing of one thing at a time.

~George Matthew Adams

Topics: About Centers Change Doing Forces Gets His Man Marvelous One Thing Them Thing Time Together

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It is a great thing to have a big brain, a fertile imagination, grand ideals, but the man with these, bereft of a good backbone, is sure to serve no useful end.

~George Matthew Adams

Topics: Backbone Big Brain End Fertile Good Grand Great Great Thing Ideals Imagination Man Serve Sure Thing Useful

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The further you get from nature, the less happy you are; and the nearer, the more exultant you become over the world and all that there is in it.

~George Matthew Adams

Topics: Become Further Get Happy Less More Nature Nearer Over World You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Editor

Born: August 23rd, 1878

Died: October 29th, 1962

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