Command of English, spoken or written, ranks at the top in business. Our main product is words, so a knowledge of their meaning and spelling and pronunciation is imperative. If a man knows the language well, he can find out about all else.

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.

Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.

If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.

Improvement of one's economic position is helped more by cool persistence than by hot enthusiasm.

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.