In my own house I rigged up a laboratory and studied chemistry in the evenings, determined that there should be nothing in the manufacture of steel that I would not know. Although I had received no technical education I made myself master of chemistry and of the laboratory, which proved of lasting value.

Many of us think of salespeople as people travelling around with sample kits. Instead, we are all salesman, every day of our lives.

Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to everyone about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will lead.

The man who counts his hours and kicks about his salary is a self-elected failure.

I thought and dreamed of nothing else but the steel works.

You can never really get away - - you can only take yourself somewhere else.

Don't be reluctant about putting on overalls!