Triumph Often Is Nearest When Defeat Seems

Justice Must Be Blind To The Hardness Or Softness Of A Man's Hands, As Well As To The Leanness Or Fatness Of His Pocketbook

Optimism Is A Tonic. Pessimism Is Poison. Admittedly, Every Businessman Must Be Realistic. He Must Gather Facts, Analyze Them Candidly And Strive To Draw Logical Conclusions, Whether Favorable Or Unfavorable. He Must Not Engage In Self-delusion. He Must Not View Everything Through Rose-colored Glasses. Granting This, The Incontestable Truth Is That America Has Been Built Up By Optimists, Not By Pessimists, But By Men Possessing Courage, Confidence In The Nation's Destiny, By Men Willing To Adventure To Shoulder Risks Terrifying To The Timid.

Now, Ideas Are The Raw Material Of Progress. Everything First Takes Shape In The Form Of An Idea. But An Idea Itself Is Worth Nothing. An Idea, Like A Machine, Must Have Power Applied To It Before It Can Accomplish Anything. The Men Who Have Won Fame And Fortune Through Having An Idea Are Those Who Devoted Every Ounce Of Their Strength And Every Dollar They Could Muster To Putting It Into Operation. Ford Had A Big Idea, But He Had To Sweat And Suffer And Sacrifice To Make It Work.

Think Not Of Yourself As The Architect Of Your Career But As The Sculptor. Expect To Have To Do A Lot Of Hard Hammering And Chiselingand Scraping And Polishing.

Vitally Important For A Young Man Or Woman Is, First, To Realize The Value Of Education And Then To Cultivate Earnestly, Aggressively, Ceaselessly, The Habit Of Self-education.