Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think one customer at a time and take care of read more

Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think one customer at a time and take care of each one the best way you can.

The promise of yesterday are the taxes of today.

The promise of yesterday are the taxes of today.

The morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men read more

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. I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

When you hire people that are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are.

When you hire people that are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are.

Greater consumption due to increase in population and growth of income heightens scarcity and induces price run-ups. A higher price read more

Greater consumption due to increase in population and growth of income heightens scarcity and induces price run-ups. A higher price represents an opportunity that leads inventors and businesspeople to seek new ways to satisfy the shortages. Some fail, at cost to themselves. A few succeed, and the final result is that we end up better off than if the original shortage problems had never arisen. That is, we need our problems, though this does not imply that we should purposely create additional problems for ourselves.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.