Responsibilities are given to him on whom trust rests. Responsibility is always a sign of trust.

Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.

In setting up a business under the name and meaning of the Golden Rule, I was publicly binding myself, in my business relations, to a principle which had been a real and intimate part of my family upbringing. Our idea was to make money and build business through serving the community with fair dealing and honest value.

My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.

A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition.

They serve best who give most of themselves. Self is forgotten by the one who serves, for such a one rejoices to see success coming to others through his or her efforts.

The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of deeds.