People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. |
Pioneering don't pay |
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. |
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. |
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. |
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. |
the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding. |
The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%. |
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell. |
The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled. |
The man who dies rich dies disgraced |
The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it. |
The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for cheap comforts and luxuries, is great; but the advantages of this law are also greater still than its cost / for it is to this law that we owe our wonderful material development, which brings improved conditions in its train. But, whether the law be benign or not, we must say of it: It is here; we cannot evade it; no substitutes for it have been found; and while the law may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department. |
The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship |
The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it |