“There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.”
Best“History is more or less bunk.”
History“There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.”
Best“Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.”
Men“We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today.”
History“Money is like an arm or leg - use it or lose it.”
Money“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”
Wisdom“Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.”
Business“If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.”
Experience“The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.”
Life“There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.”
Happiness“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
Failure“A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.”
Business“You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.”
Men“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.”
Work“Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services.”
Money“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”
Business“What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.”
Great“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.”
Business“Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.”
Business“If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.”
Success“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.”
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