The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of read more

A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.

Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information read more

Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated.

If you have to forecast, forecast often.

If you have to forecast, forecast often.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

Whoever originated the cliche that money is the root of all evil knew hardly anything about the nature of evil read more

Whoever originated the cliche that money is the root of all evil knew hardly anything about the nature of evil and very little about human beings.

More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.

More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.

The boss must first distinguish between action information and status information. He must discipline himself not to act on problems read more

The boss must first distinguish between action information and status information. He must discipline himself not to act on problems his managers can solve, and never to act on problems when he is explicitly reviewing status. I once knew a boss who invariably picked up the phone to give orders before the end of the first paragraph in a status report. That response is guaranteed to squelch full disclosure.

Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.

Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.