This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Education is anything that we do for the purpose of taking advantage of the experience of some one else.
Education | Experience | Purpose | Purpose | Wisdom |
Reading without purpose is sauntering, not exercise. More is got from one book on which the thought settles for definite end in knowledge, than from libraries skimmed over by a wandering eye.
Knowledge | Purpose | Purpose | Reading | Thought | Wisdom | Thought |
I can think of few important movements for reform in which success was won by any; method other than that of an energetic minority presenting the indifferent majority with a fait accompli, which was then accepted.
Important | Majority | Method | Reform | Success | Wisdom | Think |
The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.
Upon the sacredness of property civilization depends - the right of the laborer. There is very little success where there is little laughter.
Civilization | Laughter | Little | Property | Right | Success | Wisdom |
The longer I live, the more I am certain that the difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, between the great and the insignificant, is energy - invincible determination - a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory.
Death | Determination | Energy | Men | Purpose | Purpose | Wisdom |
Viewed ecologically, the human saga is a tragic success story.
The sure way to miss success is to miss the opportunity.
Opportunity | Success | Wisdom |
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.
I have never known a concern to make a decided success that did not do good, honest work, and even in these days of fiercest competition, when everything would seem to be a matter of price, there lies still at the root of great business success the very much more important factor of quality. The effect of attention to quality, upon every man in the service, from the president of the concern down to the humblest laborer, cannot be overestimated.
Attention | Business | Competition | Good | Important | Man | Price | Service | Success | Wisdom | Work | Business |
I believe the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line.
The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Yes, more than enthusiasm, I would say excitement. I like to see man get excited. When they get excited they make a success of their lives.
Enthusiasm | Excitement | Man | Success | Wisdom |
Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself.