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Three generations from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves.
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Speculation is a parasite feeding upon values, creating none.
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The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.
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One great cause of failure of young men in business is the lack of concentration.
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You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.
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Instead of the question "What must I do for my employer?" substitute "What can I do"
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There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.
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There is scarcely an instance of a man who has made a fortune by speculation and kept it
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He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
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The world's civilization started from the day on which everyone received reward for labour.
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No, Your Majesty, I do not like kings, but I do like a man behind a king when I find him.
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It is trying to be other than one's self that unmans one. Be your own natural self and go ahead.
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The surest foundation of a manufacturing concern is quality. After that, and a long way after, comes cost.
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I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.
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Touch his head, and he will bargain and argue with you to the last; Touch his heart, and he falls upon your breast.
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Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
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I have had a long, long life full of troubles, but there is one curious fact about them-nine-tenths of them never happened.
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There is no way of making a business successful that can vie with the policy of promoting those who render exceptional service.
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Not evil, but good, has come to the race from the accumulation of wealth by those who have the ability and energy that produce it.
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A word, a look, an accent, may affect the destiny not only of individuals, but of nations. He is a bold man who calls anything a trifle.
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The Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can claim.
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Those who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.
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There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself.
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Be king in your dreams. Make your vow that you will reach that position, with untarnished reputation, and make no other vow to distract your attention.
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That 95 per cent. fail of those who start in business upon their own account seems incredible, and yet such are said to be the statistics upon the subject.
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Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
Dorothy L. Sayers
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Born:
November 25, 1835
Died:
August 11, 1919
(aged 83)
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