None of us can buy goodwill; we must earn it.
The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability.
He that succeeds makes an important thing of the immediate task.
Laziness is the one common deficiency in mankind that blocks the establishment of a perfect world in which everyone leads a happy life.
We don’t need men with new ideas as much as we need men who will put energy behind the old ideas.
Unnecessary hustle is one of the American follies. We hustle at both work and play, and consequently enjoy neither to the utmost.
An uncontrolled sense of humor is often costly in business.
Success in business hinges mostly on the ability to get the important things done.
The superiority of the American system is eloquently proved by the pressure of people who want to crash our borders.
An idea isn’t worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.
The way to get ahead is to start now. If you start now, you will know a lot next year that you don’t know now and that you would not have known next year if you had waited.
If at first you don’t succeed, try hard work.
Success makes us intolerant of failure and failure makes us intolerant of success.
We always admire the other person more after we’ve tried to do his job.
When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.
The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can.
Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right.
Education is knowing where to go to find out what you need to know; and its knowing how to use the information you get.
Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.
If people really liked to work, we’d still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.