Neither The Individual Nor The Race Is

Here Is The Prime Condition Of Success: Concentrate Your Energy, Thought And Capital Exclusively Upon The Business In Which You Are Engaged. Having Begun On One Line, Resolve To Fight It Out On That Line, To Lead In It, Adopt Every Improvement, Have The Best Machinery, And Know The Most About It.

I Have Never Known A Concern To Make A Decided Success That Did Not Do Good, Honest Work, And Even In These Days Of Fiercest Competition, When Everything Would Seem To Be A Matter Of Price, There Lies Still At The Root Of Great Business Success The Very Much More Important Factor Of Quality. The Effect Of Attention To Quality, Upon Every Man In The Service, From The President Of The Concern Down To The Humblest Laborer, Cannot Be Overestimated.

It Is Not The Rich Man's Son That The Young Struggler For Advancement Has To Fear In The Race For Life, Nor His Nephew, Nor His Cousin. Let Him Look Out For The Dark Horse In The Boy Who Begins By Sweeping Out The Office.

The Average Person Puts Only 25% Of His Energy And Ability Into His Work. The World Takes Off Its Hat To Those Who Put In More Than 50% Of Their Capacity, And Stands On Its Head For Those Few And Far Between Souls Who Devote 100%.

Why Should Men Leave Great Fortunes To Their Children? If This Is Done From Affection, Is It Not Misguided Affection? Observation Teaches That, Generally Speaking, It Is Not Well For The Children That They Should Be So Burdened.