Harrington Emerson Quotes

As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows why will always be his boss. As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.

Efficiency brings about greater results with lessened effort; strenuousness brings about greater results with abnormally greater effort

Efficiency, like hygiene, is a state, an ideal, not a method;

As we rise in the line we find each higher grade legitimately existing solely for the benefit of what is before.