Ability is all right but if it is not backed up by honesty and public confidence you will never be a successful person. The best a man can do is to arrive at the top in his chosen profession. I have always maintained that one profession is deserving of as much honor as another provided it is honorable.


The Illiterate Digest (ed. Will Rogers Heritage Trust, 1974)


Ability is all right but if it is not backed up by honesty and public confidence you will never be a successful person. The best a man can do is to...

Ability is all right but if it is not backed up by honesty and public confidence you will never be a successful person. The best a man can do is to...

Ability is all right but if it is not backed up by honesty and public confidence you will never be a successful person. The best a man can do is to...

Ability is all right but if it is not backed up by honesty and public confidence you will never be a successful person. The best a man can do is to...