Too many people overvalue ...

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.
 Malcolm Forbes

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Don't settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That's your location, it's not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.
Everything in your life, every experience, every relationship is a mirror of the mental pattern that is going on inside of you.

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SM is an abbreviation of both stock market and sadomasochism-- and there are those who think they are one and the same.
 Malcolm Forbes
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.
 Malcolm Forbes
When those with ability at their job get to thinking they can't be done without, they're already on their way out.
 Malcolm Forbes
Victory is sweetest when you've know defeat. Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. You pay for everything, even including speaking your mind (with or without one). Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.
 Malcolm Forbes
The ultimate high: A man's abilities equaling his opinion of'em.
 Malcolm Forbes