Darkly Comical Quotes

If any man seeks for greatness let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both. – Horace Mann

Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in general, we are wishing every period of it at an end. The minor longs to be at age, then to be a man of business, then to make up an estate, then to arrive at honors, then to retire. – Addison

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching for what it gets. – Henry Ford

Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise. – Samuel Lover

If things are not going well with you, begin your effort at correcting the situation by carefully examining the service you are rendering, and especially the spirit in which you are rendering it. – Roger Babson

Most business men generally are so busy coping with immediate and piecemeal matters that there is a lamentable tendency to let the “long run” or future take care of itself. We are often so busy “putting out fires,” so to speak, that we find it difficult to do the planning that would prevent those fires from occurring in the first place. As a prominent educator has expressed it, Americans generally “spend so much time on things that are urgent that we have none left to spend on those that are important. – Gustav Metzman

We sometimes speak of winning reputation as though that were the final goal. The truth is contrary to this. Reputation is a reward, to be sure, but it is really the beginning, not the end of endeavor. It should not be the signal for a letdown, but rather, a reminder that the standards which won recognition can never again be lowered. From him who gives much—much is forever after expected. – Alvan Macauley

Have confidence that if you have done little things well, you can do bigger things well, too. – Storey