Theres no easier way to cure foolishness than to give a man leave to be foolish. And the only way to show… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
A fellow and his business should be bosom friends in the office and sworn enemies out of it. — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
In all your dealings, remember that today is your opportunity; tomorrow some other fellow's. — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
Say less than the other fellow and listen more than you talk; for when a man's listening he isn't telling on himself… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
I remember reading once that some fellows use language to conceal thought; but it's been my experience that a good many more… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
When a man makes a specialty of knowing how some other fellow ought to spend his money, he usually thinks in millions… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
Those who succeed can't forgive a fellow for being a failure, and those who fail can't forgive him for being a success. — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
What you know is a club for yourself, and what you don't know is a meat-ax for the other fellow. — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
You'll find that education's about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and that it's about the only thing a… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
Doing the same thing in the same way year after year is like eating a quail a day for thirty days. Along… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
When a fellow's got what he set out for in this world, he should go off into the woods for a few… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
I ain't one of those who believe that a half knowledge of a subject is useless, but it has been my experience… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
There is one excuse for every mistake a man can make, but only one. When a fellow makes the same mistake twice… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
And a diplomatist is one who lets the other fellow think he's getting his way, while all the time he's having his… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
After forty years of close acquaintance with it, I've found that work is kind to its friends and harsh to its enemies.… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
It's been my experience that every man has in him the possibility of doing well some one thing, no matter how humble,… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
Naturally, when a young fellow steps up into a big position, it breeds jealousy among those whom he's left behind and uneasiness… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
Every fellow is really two men -- what he is and what he might be; and you're never absolutely sure which you're… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
It isn't what a man's got in the bank, but what he's got in his head, that makes him a great merchant. — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share
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… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share
There is one excuse for every mistake a man can make, but only one. When a fellow makes the same mistake twice he's got… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share
Clothes don't make the man, but they make all of him except his hands and face during business hours, and that's a pretty considerable… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share
When a fellow's got what he set out for in this world, he should go off into the woods for a few weeks now… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share
Doing the same thing in the same way year after year is like eating a quail a day for thirty days. Along toward the… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share
The great secret of good management is to be more alert to prevent a man's going wrong than eager to punish him for it. — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share
The more I deal in it, the surer I am that human nature is all of the same critter, but that there's a heap… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share
Books are all right, but dead men's brains are no good unless you mix a live one's with them. — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share
I ain't one of those who believe that a half knowledge of a subject is useless, but it has been my experience that when… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share
If God allows us to remain Methodist, Baptist, or Episcopalian, it may be on account of the unconverted, that they may be without excuse;… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share
There's a vast difference between having a carload of miscellaneous facts sloshing around loose in your head and getting all mixed up in transit,… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share
