A woman seldom comes out of a sullen spell until she's sure her husband has suffered as much as she thinks he should.

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.

If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

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

If you don't take it for granted that the other man will do his job, you're not an executive.

One compensation of old age is that it excuses you from picnics.

That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally.