When the worms are scarce, what does a hen do? Does she stop scratching? She does not. She scratches all the harder. A lot of businessmen have been showing less sense than a hen since orders became scarce. They have laid off salesmen; they have stopped or reduced their advertising; they have simply resigned themselves to inaction and, of course, to pessimism. If a hen knows enough to scratch all the harder when the worms are scarce, surely businessmen ... ought to have gumption enough to scratch all the harder for business.
Success consists of being and doing, not simply accumulating. - B. C. Forbes
Success consists of being and doing, not simply accumulating.
- B. C. Forbes
In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. - B. C. Forbes
In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
Plan your work - work your plan - B. C. Forbes
Plan your work - work your plan
Real riches are the riches possessed inside. - B. C. Forbes
Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter. - B. C. Forbes
Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable. - B. C. Forbes
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
If you do the best and the most you can today, don't worry about tomorrow. - B. C. Forbes
If you do the best and the most you can today, don't worry about tomorrow.
If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business. - B. C. Forbes
If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming. - B. C. Forbes
Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming.
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