A Big Business Man Was Telling Henry

What One Thing Does The World Need Most Today-apart, That Is, From The All-inclusive Thing We Call Righteousness? Aren't You Inclined To Agree That What This Old World Needs Is Just The Art Of Being Kind? Every Time I Visit A Factory Or Any Other Large Business Concern, I Find Myself Trying To Diagnose Whether The Atmosphere Is One Of Kindliness Or The Reverse. And Somehow, If There Is Palpably Lacking That Spirit Of Kindness, The Owners ... Have Fallen Short Of Achieving 24-carat Success No Matter How Imposing The Financial Balance Sheet May Be.

The Most Famous Self-made Man In The World Today Is Our Own Edison. Talk With Mr. Edison And He Will Tell You He Owes Much If Not Most Of His Success To Omnivorous Reading. Forbes Is One Of His Favorite Publications. How Closely He Reads It Can Be Gathered From A Letter Just Received From Him In Which He Asks The Editor To Forward A Long Analytical Letter To The Writer Of A Series Of Articles Which Contained Two Figures Mr. Edison Questions, And He Wants To Know Exactly On What Authority Or Investigation They Were Based. Both Letters Were The Product Of Mr. Edison And Were Signed By Him.

First Make Sure That What You Aspire To Accomplish Is Worth Accomplishing, And Then Throw Your Whole Vitality Into It. What's Worth Doing Is Worth Doing Well. And To Do Anything Well, Wheter It Be Typing A Letter Or Drawing Up An Agreement Involving Millions, We Must Give Not Only Our Hands To The Doing Of It, But Our Brains, Our Enthusiasm, The Best - All That Is In Us. The Task To Which You Dedicate Yourself Can Never Become A Drudgery.

Acting Without Thinking Is Like Shooting Without Aiming.

Honesty Pays Dividends Both In Dollars And In Peace Of Mind.