If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence.
The ideal man takes joy in doing favors for others.
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It is absurd to hold that a man ought to be ashamed of being unable to defend himself with his limbs, but not of being unable to defend himself with speech and reason.
Happiness is a quality of the soul, not a function of one's material circumstances.
The two qualities that chiefly inspire regard and affection [are] that a thing is you own and that it is your only one.
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You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.
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The Golden Rule finds no limit of application in business.
Think enthusiastically about everything; but especially about your job. If you do, you'll put a torch of glory in your life. If you love your job with enthusiasm, you'll shake it to pieces. You'll love it into greatness, you'll upgrade it, you'll fill it with prestige and power.
We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind.
We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts.
