The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't
succeed; you must have a larger ambition. read more

The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't
succeed; you must have a larger ambition. There is no mystery in business
success...If you do each day's task successfully, and stay faithfully
within these natural operations of commercial laws which I talk so much
about, and keep your head clear, you will come out all right.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.
Listen to it carefully.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.
Listen to it carefully.

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an
invitation to dinner without giving read more

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an
invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is
an appalling waste of read more

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is
an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for
wallowing in.

You are beaten to earth?/ Well, well, what's that?/ Come up with a smiling
face,/ It's nothing against you to read more

You are beaten to earth?/ Well, well, what's that?/ Come up with a smiling
face,/ It's nothing against you to fall down flat/ But to lie there-that's
a disgrace.

Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get.

The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get.

There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less
than the long-range risks and read more

There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less
than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.

You can't always wait for the guys at the top. Every manager at every level in the organization has an read more

You can't always wait for the guys at the top. Every manager at every level in the organization has an opportunity, big or small, to do something. Every manager's got some sphere of autonomy. Don't pass the buck up the line.