There is no way of making a business successful that can vie with the policy of promoting those who render exceptional service.

The battle of life is already half won by the young man who is brought in contact with high officials; and the great aim of every boy should be to do something beyond the sphere of his duties- something which attracts the attention of those over him.

While the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it insures the survival of the fittest in every department. We accept and welcome, therefore, as conditions to which we must accommodate ourselves, great inequality of environment, the concentration of business, industrial and commercial, in the hands of a few, and the law of competition between these, as being not only beneficial, but essential for the future progress of the race.

I have had a long, long life full of troubles, but there is one curious fact about them-nine-tenths of them never happened.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.

Men who reach decisions promptly usually have the capacity to move with definiteness of purpose in other circumstances.