Where people work longest and with least leisure, they buy the fewest goods. No towns were so poor as those of England where the people, from children up, worked fifteen and sixteen hours a day. They were poor because these overworked people soon wore out -- they became less and less valuable as workers. Therefore, they earned less and less and could buy less and less.

If the people really set their minds on anything it is impossible to prevent their getting what they want.

You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible.

If you don't think of the future, you won't have one.

Then why flounder around waiting for good business? Get the costs down by better management. Get the prices down to the buying power.

Experience is the thing of supreme value".

Most people think of success in terms of getting; success, however, begins in terms of giving.