“I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it all over again, only even better this time.”

“I am grateful for all of my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties.”

“Clock watchers never seem to be having a good time.”

“My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.”

“No serious-minded man should have time for the mediocre in any phase of his living.”

“There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”

“Do not primarily train men to work. Train them to serve willingly and intelligently.”