Bragging Often Precedes Begging.

A Nation's Economic Salvation Does Not Lie In The Amount Of Money Its Rich Inhabitants Can Squander Recklessly. A Nation's Economic Salvation Lies In The Amount Of Money Its Inhabitants Can Save And Invest After Providing Themselves With All The Necessaries And All The Reasonable Comforts Of Life.

Thomas Edison Reads Not For Entertainment But To Increase His Store Of Knowledge. He Sucks In Information As Eagerly As The Bee Sucks Honey From Flowers. The Whole World, So To Speak, Pours Its Wisdom Into His Mind. He Regards It As A Criminal Waste Of Time To Go Through The Slow And Painful Ordeal Of Ascertaining Things For One's Self If These Same Things Have Already Been Ascertained And Made Available By Others. In Edison's Mind Knowledge Is Power.

With All Thy Getting, Get Understanding, Is The Banner Under Which These Forbes Editorials Have Appeared Since The First Issue Of The Publication. We Have No Illusions About What Great Wealth Can Do And What It Cannot Do. We Believe In The Worthwhileness Of Striving By All Worthy Means To Attain Success And To Attain Wealth. Simply Because We Are Convinced That No Amount Of Money Is Worth The Sacrifice Of One's Better Instincts, Of One's Self-respect-of One's Soul, If You Wish-simply Because We Are Convinced That Riches Not Gained Legitimately And Decently Are Not Worth Having.

Better To Be Occasionally Cheated Than Perpetually Suspicious.

Golf Without Bunkers And Hazards Would Be Tame And Monotonous. So Would Life.