Listening To Advice Often Accomplishes Far More

A Hug's A Happy Thing While A Shrug's So Often Destructive.

Several Weeks Of Summer Vacation In The Thirties I Spent Working At $15 A Week In The Forbes Office.... I Worked In The Mail Cage, Where Envelopes Were Slit And Subscription Payments Extracted. Dad Used To Come Pounding Down The Office Aisle And Pause Long Enough To Ask, How Much Today? Inevitably The Answer Was Inadequate-except Once. That Day The Controller Said Excitedly, Mr. Forbes, The Ledger Shows A Slight Profit This Month! ... My Father Turned To Him And Said, Young Man, I Don't Give A Damn What Your Books Show. Do We Have Any Money In The Bank?

The Hardest Time To Tell: When To Stop.

Elected Leaders Who Forget How They Got There Won't The Next Time.

After The Fact, Our Hearts Always Go Out To The Fallen Goliaths. Yet We Invariably Root For Their Davids. Until They're Winners.