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.

Nothing will ruin an interesting intelligent argument more quickly than the arrival of a pretty girl.

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.

The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor.

We don't need men with new ideas as much as we need men who will put energy behind the old ideas.

No task is so humble that it does not offer an outlet for individuality.

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