Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by Herbert Newton Casson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian journalist Herbert Newton Casson.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Herbert Newton Casson was a Canadian journalist and author who wrote primarily about technology and business.

Canadian - Journalist | September 23, 1869 - September 4, 1951

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A leader must face danger. He must take the risk and the blame, and the brunt of the storm.

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If money is all that a man makes, then he will be poor - poor in happiness, poor in all that makes life worth living.

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The men who succeed are the efficient few.

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It is not size that counts in business. Some companies with $500,000 capital net more profits than other companies with $5,000,000. Size is a handicap unless efficiency goes with it.

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A true Leader asks advice, when he has time to think; but he never asks advice in a crisis. He acts.

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Net - the biggest word in the language of business.

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In handling men, there are three feelings that a man must not possess-fear, dislike and contempt. If he is afraid of men he cannot handle them. Neither can he influence them in his favor if he dislikes or scorns them. He must neither cringe nor sneer. He must have both self-respect and respect for others.

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Steel can be tempered and hardened, and so can men. In this world of struggle, which was not designed for softies, a man must be harder than what hits him. Yes, he must be diamond-hard. Then he'll not be "fed up" with his little personal troubles.

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The average man takes life as a trouble. He is in a chronic state of irritation at the whole performance. He does not learn to differentiate between troubles and difficulties, usually, until some real trouble bowls him over. He fusses about pin-pricks until a mule kicks him. Then he learns the difference.

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To have a purpose that is worthwhile, and that is steadily being accomplished, that is one of the secrets of life that is worth living.

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Goodness is always an asset. A man who is straight, friendly and useful may never be famous, but he is respected and liked by all who know him. He has laid a sound foundation for success and he will have a worthwhile life.

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There is more power in the open hand than in the clenched fist.

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Every winner has scars.

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There is no fate that plans men's lives. Whatever comes to us, good or bad, is usually the result of our own action or lack of action.

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The man who broods over the past can never master the difficulties of today. Every wise man learn to forget.

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