“The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.”
Life“The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”
Best“The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.”
Life“It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.”
Work“Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.”
Death“The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.”
Dreams“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.”
Failure“People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.”
Leadership“Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.”
Men“A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.”
Car“Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.”
Work“When you play, play hard when you work, don't play at all.”
Work“A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.”
Education“Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.”
Freedom“To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
Society“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
Inspirational“The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”
Best“Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.”
Peace“The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.”
Great“Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.”
Government“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.”
Success“Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.”
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