Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
Improvement of one's economic position is helped more by cool persistence than by hot enthusiasm.
If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
If we conducted ourselves as sensibly in good times as we do in hard times, we could all acquire a competence.
It is better to rely on yourself than on your friends.
Some men never master anything other than the details of a job. Others master the main idea back of the job.