The golden rule for every business man is this: “Put yourself in your customer’s place.
Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.
No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.
The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others it is in yourself alone.
There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.
Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.
There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.
The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best.
Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.
There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.
Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.
There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.
It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.
There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.
Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.
Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them.
A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.
No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.
All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.
There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.
Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.
Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.
What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.
Our thoughts and imagination are the only real limits to our possibilities.
Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them.
The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.