Better To Be Occasionally Cheated Than Perpetually

Any Business Arrangement That Is Not Profitable To The Other Fellow Will In The End Prove Unprofitable For You. The Bargain That Yields Mutual Satisfaction Is The Only One That Is Apt To Be Repeated.

Anything That Inspires Unselfishness Makes For Our Ennoblement. Christmas Does That. I Am All For Christmas.

After Visiting Several Of America's Most Fashionable Playgrounds, I Have Reached The Conclusion That Men Who Work Hard Enjoy Life Most. The Men At Such Places Can Be Divided Into Two Classes, First, Busy Men Of Affairs ... And, Second, Rich Loafers. I Was Impressed By The Obvious Enjoyment Corporation Heads And Other Important Executives Were Deriving From Their Vacation Activities.... The Idle Rich Fellows, On The Other Hand, Although Indulging In Exactly The Same Activities, Palpably Were Bored.

Accuse American Businessmen Of Being Responsible For Radicalism And They Would Indignantly Deny The Accusation. Yet, In One Fundamental Sense, They Are Responsible. They Are Responsible In The Sense That They Have Utterly Neglected To Take Part In The Work And The Organization Which Precede The Choosing Of Candidates For Political Office. Local Political Organizations All Over The Land Are Conducted And Controlled, As A Rule, By Politicians.... Businessmen Have Shirked Such Responsibilities, Leaving An Untrammeled Field To Others Less Capable Of Carrying On The Administration Of Government.

When You Delve Deep Enough, You Find That Practically Every Great Fortune And Great Enterprise In America Have Sprung From The Courageous Enterprise Of Some Individual. It Was Commodore Vanderbilt's Enterprise In Switching First From Running A Ferryboat To Running Other Ships, And Then, When He Was Well Along In Years, His Enterprise In Switching Into Railroading, That Created What Was To Become One Of The Most Notable Fortunes In The History Of The World.