“Those who are skilled in archery bend their bow only when they are preparing to use it; when they do not require it, they allow it to remain unbent, for otherwise it would remain unserviceable when the time for using it arrived. So it is with man. If he were to devote himself unceasingly to a dull round of business, without breaking the monotony by cheerful amusements, he would fall imperceptibly into idiocy, or be struck by paralysis”

“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.”

“Big results require big ambitions.”

“Haste in every business brings failures.”

“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.”

“Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.”

“Success and profitability are outcomes of focusing on customers and employees, not objectives.”