A man carries out suggestions the more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.

O God, help me to win, but in thy wisdom if thou willest me not to win, then O God, make me a good loser.

The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshell—in the clearness of the instructions they receive.

Mind you, I have had in my sojourn on earth as good a time of it as any man, so I can speak with some knowledge. A writer in the Manchester Guardian who is unknown to me lately described me as "the richest man in the world." That sounds a pretty big order, but when I come to think it out I believe he is not far wrong. A rich man is not necessarily a man with a whole pot of money but a man who is really happy. And I am that.

Happiness is not mere pleasure, not the outcome of wealth. It is the result of active work rather than passive enjoyment of pleasure.

"Softly, softly, catchee monkey," is the West African rendering of a very valuable precept. An awful lot of men fail through lack of patient persistence.

A man carries out suggestions the more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.