Time Mends All, Ends All Things Earthly.

A Young Financial Writer Once Brought Ridicule Upon Himself By Stating That A Certain Company Had Nothing To Commend It Except Excellent Earnings. Well, There Are Companies Whose Earnings Are Excellent But Whose Stocks I Would Never Recommend. In Selecting Investments, I Attach Prime Importance To The Men Behind Them. I'd Rather Buy Brains And Character Than Earnings. Earnings Can Be Good One Year And Poor The Next. But If You Put Your Money Into Securities Run By Men Combining Conspicuous Brains And Unimpeachable Character, The Likelihood Is That The Financial Results Will Prove Satisfactory.

The Man Who Is Bigger Than His Job Keeps Cool. He Does Not Lose His Head, He Refuses To Become Rattled, To Fly Off In A Temper. The Man Who Would Control Others Must Be Able To Control Himself. There Is Something Admirable, Something Inspiring, Something Soul-stirring About A Man Who Displays Coolness And Courage Under Extremely Trying Circumstances. A Good Temper Is Not Only A Business Asset. It Is The Secret Of Health. The Longer You Live, The More You Will Learn That A Disordered Temper Breeds A Disordered Body.

The More I Move Among Workers And Factories And Other Plants, The Stronger I Become Convinced That It Is Advisable To Have As [a Company] President A Practical Man, Preferably One Who Has Risen From The Very Bottom Of The Ladder. Workmen, I Find, Have Far More Respect For Such Men Than For Collar-and-cuff Executives Knowing Little Or Nothing About The Different Kinds Of Work Which Have To Be Done By The Workers. Wherever Circumstances Call For Placing A Financier Or Lawyer Or A Papa's Son At The Head Of A Large Organization, He Should Be Made Chairman Or Some Other Title, But Not President.

A Business Like An Automobile, Has To Be Driven, In Order To Get Results.

The Man Who Has Won Millions At The Cost Of His Conscience Is A Failure.