Monthly Archives: August 2005

“I’ve often wished that I had clear, for life, six hundred pounds a year, a handsome house to lodge a friend, a river at my garden’s end.”–Jonathan Swift. RECENTLY there lived a Scotsman who put ships on the sea and … Continue reading →

“Hundreds would never have known want if they had not at first known waste.”–Spurgeon. IN QUOTING great men on the subject of thrift and economy it is not our idea that these men were necessarily wiser than others, but men … Continue reading →

“There is one prayer that is always answered, and that is the prayer of labor.” NEVER knew a man of merit neglected; it was generally by his own fault that he failed of success,” said Dr. Sam Johnson whose friends … Continue reading →

“People who amount to anything don’t wait for certainties before they act. The man who uses the best judgment he can and then forges ahead is the man who will ultimately succeed.”–Anon. ANY ONE who is looking for a formula … Continue reading →

“It is a great deal more easier tew drop down 10 feet on a ladder than it is tew highst up 5; I found this out more than 7 years ago.”-Josh Billings. THE man or woman who pays more than … Continue reading →

“The path of success in business is invariably the path of common sense. Notwithstanding all that has been said about ‘lucky hits’–the best kind of success in every man’s life is not that which comes by accident.” A BOY born … Continue reading →

“Every man I ever knew had ambition but only a few had application with it.” THE BUCKSKIN”–that is the name George Washington bore in Europe during the eight years of the Revolutionary War when he was forging a nation out … Continue reading →

“When you spend money you part with it for?ever.”–Anon. MAN is the only animal that gives in ex?change for what it takes. All other ani?mals take by force or theft. That day, far in the distant past, when man first … Continue reading →

“Give a youth resolution and the alphabet and who shall place limits to his career?” THIS is a word to boys and girls of all ages, from four to ninety-four, and it is a true account of how to have … Continue reading →

“Nothing is more disgraceful than that an old man should have nothing to show to prove that he has lived long, except his years.” GETTING along in years does not mean let?ting go–it means a man’s grip is stronger, his … Continue reading →