Occupation: Journalist Birth: May 14, 1880 Death: May 6, 1954
Accuse American businessmen of being responsible for radicalism and they would indignantly deny the accusation. Yet, in one fundamental sense, they a….
The most famous self-made man in the world today is our own Edison. Talk with Mr. Edison and he will tell you he owes much if not most of his success….
Are soft-hearted people handicapped in business? You have heard a businessman say of someone else, He's all right, but he's too soft-hearted.... To b….
It is not a case of whether we want to wash our hands of Europe or want to help her to regain her feet. The troubles of Europe have been laid on our ….
Life is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success..
Next to the dog, the wastebasket is your best friend..
Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others..
If the deal isn't good for the other party, it isn't good for you..
Upon our children-how they are taught-rests the fate-or fortune-of tomorrow's world..
It can be set down as a broad, general principle that we cannot indulge in idleness and abundance during both the first and second half of our life. ….
Timing is everything. Tell me how a young man spends his evenings and I will tell you how far he is likely to go in the world. The popular notion is ….
A certain ultra-dignified gentleman of unusual prominence carried himself so stiffly that nobody felt free to call him by his first name. He quarrele….
The Christmas spirit brings home to us-or should bring home to us-the profound Biblical truth that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Anythi….
Inflationary trends are under way. Wage increases, through strikes or threatened strikes, are rampant. Government expenditures are ballooning ominous….
The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure..
Many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. They have retained bubbling-over boyishness. They have relished wit, they have indu….
That which is useless dies. Animals that fail to serve some useful purpose in the scheme of things slowly but surely become extinct. Let any part of ….
The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated..
Work done with little effort is likely to yield little result..
Finally, there is more genuine joy in climbing the hill of success, even though sweat may be spent and toes may be stubbed, than in aimlessly sliding….
The man of fixed ingrained principles who has mapped out a straight course, and has the courage and self-control to adhere to it, does not find life ….