All too often we say of a man doing a good job that he is indispensable. A flattering canard, as so many disillusioned and retired and fired have discovered when the world seems to keep on turning without them. In business, a man can come nearest to indispensability by being dispensable in his current job. How can a man move up to new responsibilities if he is the only one able to handle his present tasks? It matters not how small or large the job you now have, if you have trained no one to do it as well, you're not available; you've made your promotion difficult if not impossible.

If the shoe fits you're lucky.

It's never a good deal when only one party thinks it is.

Are you not justified in feeling inferior, when you seek to cover it up with arrogance and insolence?

You can't fool the mirror-what you see is what you are.

Age isn't important until you run out of it.

You have to come up in the world before it's worthwhile for those worth less to put you down.