No man can climb the ladder of success without first placing his foot on the bottom rung.

Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless.

We can serve our customers well only if our buying jobs are right. You cannot sell if you haven't ordered wanted goods into your store.

As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.

Responsibility is always a sign of trust.

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.

Intelligence is the effort to do the best you can at your particular job; the quality that gives dignity to that job, whether it happens to be scrubbing a floor or running a corporation.