“It's been my experience that every man has in him the possibility of doing well some one thing, no matter how humble, and that there's some one, in some place, who wants that special thing done. The difference between a fellow who succeeds and one who fails is that the first gets out and chases after the man who needs him, and the second sits around waiting to be hunted up.” MenWantNeedsFirstsWellsMatterDoneWaitingDifferencesFailingOne ThingSpecialPossibilityHe ManSucceedFellowsHumbleEvery ManThings DoneHuntedSpecial Things Book:Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-made Merchant to His Son Source: Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-made Merchant to His Son
“Never threaten, because a threat is a promise to pay that it isn't always convenient to meet, but if you don't make it good it hurts your credit. Save a threat till you're ready to act, and then you won't need it.” IfsNeedsHurtPayReadyPromiseThreatCreditIt HurtsConvenient Book:Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son Source: Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son
“The aim of the college, for the individual student, is to eliminate the need in his life for the college; the task is to help him become a self-educating man.” MenNeedsSelfHelpingIndividualStudentsCollegeTasksAim Author:George Horace Lorimer
“The solution to our energy needs must go through a show of respect for nature, not, once again, a policy that does violence to our hills.” NeedsDoeShowsEnergyViolencePolicyWindSolutionsHills Author:George Horace Lorimer
