The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

And if small businesspeople say they made it on their own, all they are saying is that nobody else worked seven days a week in their place. Nobody showed up in their place to open the door at five in the morning. Nobody did their thinking, and worrying, and sweating for them.

Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.

Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it.