Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking,
unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved-to write a read more

Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking,
unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved-to write a book.

Real wealth is ideas plus energy.

Real wealth is ideas plus energy.

The mechanics of industry is easy. The real engine is the people : Their motivation and direction.

The mechanics of industry is easy. The real engine is the people : Their motivation and direction.

If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.

If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.

You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.

You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.

Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.

Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.

Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get.

Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get.

I just wake up and say, "You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.".

I just wake up and say, "You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.".

There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him read more

There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him to make discoveries. It was the power of never letting exceptions go unnoticed.