Occupation: Journalist Birth: May 14, 1880 Death: May 6, 1954
After visiting several of America's most fashionable playgrounds, I have reached the conclusion that men who work hard enjoy life most. The men at su….
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. ….
A young financial writer once brought ridicule upon himself by stating that a certain company had nothing to commend it except excellent earnings. We….
The fittest, not the richest, make the most enviable mark. Pampered sons of plutocrats may shine for a time in society, but not in the world of affai….
An idea, like a machine, must have power applied to it before it can accomplish anything..
The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the….
When you delve deep enough, you find that practically every great fortune and great enterprise in America have sprung from the courageous enterprise ….
Summer, with its dog days, its vacations, its distractions, is over. We have had our holidays, our rest, our recreation. The fall season, with its ne….
It is when things go hardest, when life becomes most trying, that there is the greatest need for having a fixed goal, for having an air castle that t….
Henry Ward Beecher, so the story goes, was once asked by a young preacher how he could keep his congregation wide awake and attentive during his serm….
A shady business never yields a sunny life..
To succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith..
Opportunity can benefit no man who has not fitted himself to seize it and use it. Opportunity woos the worthy, shuns the unworthy. Prepare yourself t….
The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead..
Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion..
Some people are so methodical that that is all they are or ever will be..
Had I not gone through the ordeal, in more than one country, of landing a job, I would he tempted to lose patience over the number of letters pouring….
Our future and our fate lie in our wills more than in our hands, for our hands are but the instruments of our wills..
Henry Ford has several times sneered at unproductive stockholders.... Well, now. Let's see. Who made Henry Ford's own automobile company possible? Th….
Employers, have you ever stopped to reckon what the goodwill of your workers is worth? ... In most large concerns it would be worth more in dollars a….
Many men who do creditable things refuse to let it be known. This is a mistake. While we all admire modesty, nevertheless there is a great national n….