The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can; to act as though the eye of opportunity were always upon us. In the hundred-yard race the winner doesn't cross the tape line a dozen strides ahead of the field. He wins by inches. So we find it in ordinary business life. The big things that come our way are seldom the result of long thought or careful planning, but rather they are the fruit of seed planted in the daily routine of our work.

After saying our prayers, we ought to do something to make them come true.

An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.

None of us can buy goodwill; we must earn it.

We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job.

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.