Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come…

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The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'

The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'

We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.

We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.

No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter...

No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter...

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his...

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his...

The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money...

The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money...

The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on...

The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on...

It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the...

It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the...

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes...

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes...

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment;...

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment;...

Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient...

Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient...

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful...

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful...

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze...

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze...

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they...

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they...

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes...

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes...

Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay...

Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay...

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful...

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful...

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it...

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it...

The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of a weak, vacillating mind. Opportunities! Every...

The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of a weak, vacillating mind. Opportunities! Every...

The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out...

The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out...

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power