When did it become a problem to be a small businessman and become successful? The small businessman - like my father, or like me?

Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers.

One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.

Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.

Word of mouth is the best medium of all.

What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasingly powerless or more powerful.

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.

So little done, so much to do.