Thomas Edison Reads Not For Entertainment But

Finally, There Is More Genuine Joy In Climbing The Hill Of Success, Even Though Sweat May Be Spent And Toes May Be Stubbed, Than In Aimlessly Sliding Down The Path To Failure. If A Straight, Honorable Path Has Been Chosen, The Gaining Of The Summit Yields Lasting Satisfaction. The Morass Of Failure, If Through Laziness, Indifference Or Other Avoidable Fault, Yields Nothing But Ignominy And Sorrow For Self And Family And Friends.

Selfishness Corrodes. Unselfishness Ennobles, Satisfies. Don't Put Off The Joy Derivable From Doing Helpful, Kindly Things For Others.

If You Don't Drive Your Business, You Will Be Driven Out Of Business.

A Business Like An Automobile, Has To Be Driven, In Order To Get Results.

It Is A Great Mistake For Presidents And Other Leading Executives Of Organizations Having Branches Throughout The Country To Chain Themselves To Their Desks At Headquarters And Send Out Rigid Instructions To Those In Charge Of Distant Branches And Offices. Because A Man Sits In A Palatial Office In New York Or Chicago Or Philadelphia Or Detroit And Draws A Big Salary, It Does Not Necessarily Follow That He Knows Better Than The Man On The Spot What Ought To Be Done.... Paul, Caesar, Napoleon Did Not Merely Sit At Home And Issue Long-range Instructions.