Before you try to convince anyone else, be sure you are convinced, and if you cannot convince yourself, drop the subject.

- John Henry Patterson

Nothing in business is so valuable as time.

- John Henry Patterson

To survive, men and business and corporations must serve.

- John Henry Patterson

Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't.

- John Henry Patterson

It is only those who do not know how to work that do not love it. To those who do, it is better than play.

- John Henry Patterson

An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.

- John Henry Patterson

If you plan your work, you will not find yourself standing on the corner wondering where to go next.

- John Henry Patterson