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"There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. The sternest comment that can be made against employers as a class lies in the fact that men of Ability usually succeed in showing their worth in spite of their employer, and not with his assistance and encouragement."
"What we call God's justice is only man's idea of what he would do if he were God."
"Do you say that religion is still needed? Then I answer that Work, Study, Health and Love constitute religion. . . . Most formal religions have pronounced the love of man for woman and woman for man an evil thing. . . . They have said that sickness was sent from God. . . . Now we deny it all, and again proclaim that these will bring you all the good there is: Health, Work, Study - Love!"
"Man creates both his god and his devil in his own image. His god is himself at his best, and his devil himself at his worst."
"The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband, is unworthy of the name of wife."
"War is the sure result of the existence of armed men. That country which maintains a large standing army will sooner or later have a war. The man who prides himself on fisticuffs is going, some day, to meet a man who considers himself the better man, and they will test the issue."
"The Businessman is one who supplies something great and good to the world, and collects from the world for the goods."
"The hundred-point man is one who is true to every trust; who keeps his word; who is loyal to the firm that employs him; who does not listen for insults nor look for slights; who carries a civil tongue in his head; who is polite to strangers without being fresh; who is considerate toward servants; who is moderate in his eating and drinking; who is willing to learn; who is cautious and yet courageous."
"To have a full stomach and fixed income are no small things ."
"Falling in love is the beginning of all wisdom, all sympathy, all compassion, all art, all religion; and in it's larger sense is the one thing in life worth doing."
"Most reformers wore rubber boots and stood on glass when God sent a current of Commonsense through the Universe."
"Every knock is a boost."
"The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work."
"Unleash your TRAVEL BEAST .... explore the world. It's time to begin your next adventure! No man needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one."
"We never ask God to forgive anybody except when we haven't."
"Those who create beauty are also they who possess it."
"Knowledge is the distilled essence of our institutions, corroborated by experience."
"God is good, there is no devil but fear."
"Why not be a top-notcher? A top-notcher is simply an individual who works for the institution of which he is a part, not against it."
"The artist needs no religion beyond his work."