To Succeed, We Must Have The Will

Acting Without Thinking Is Like Shooting Without Aiming.

Call The Roll In Your Memory Of Conspicuously Successful [business] Giants And, If You Know Anything About Their Careers, You Will Be Struck By The Fact That Almost Every One Of Them Encountered Inordinate Difficulties Sufficient To Crush All But The Gamest Of Spirits. Edison Went Hungry Many Times Before He Became Famous.

Anything That Inspires Unselfishness Makes For Our Ennoblement. Christmas Does That. I Am All For Christmas.

Inflationary Trends Are Under Way. Wage Increases, Through Strikes Or Threatened Strikes, Are Rampant. Government Expenditures Are Ballooning Ominously. Hoarding Has Contributed Unconscionably To Price-boosting. The Government Should Institute Measures Calculated To Arrest Inflation. America's Commitments Are Already So Mountainous, International And Domestic, That The Pruning Knife Should Be Applied. You And I, All American Taxpayers, Don't Possess Limitless Resources-our Pockets Are Not Bottomless. Curb Inflation At Every Turn!

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.