Book Reviews of Three B. C. Forbes Business Anthologies.Links are provided below to three books by B. C. Forbes: (1) "Scrapbook of Thoughts on the Business of Life," (2) "Little Bits about Big Men," and (3) "America's 50 Foremost Business Leaders."
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President Calvin Coolidge Quotes that are "Old Thoughts but Forever Truths.""Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good." "We do not need more national development, we need more spiritual development. We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more knowledge, we need more character. We do not need more law, we need more religion. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen." "No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave." Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States I have just finished reading Volume I of "The Forbes Scrapbook of Thoughts on the Business of Life." It is amazing how just reading a few of the thoughts of a man or woman can be enough to make me wonder why I was never taught more about great men and women of American history … or, maybe, to keep the blame where it best rests: Why I have been negligent in my studies until I am an old man who can see the end of days ahead? Do not waste thy youth, young man or woman! Peter E. Greulich
Do You See the World as a "Rosebush with Thorns" or a "Thornbush with Roses?""I can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or I can rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. . . . It's how you look at it." J. Kenfield Morley, THINK Magazine, February 1936 This quote also shows up credited to Mr. Morley in B. C. Forbes' Scrapbook of Thoughts: Volume I from 1953. Trying to find information on Mr. Morley proved challenging. It seems that if Wikipedia doesn't know about you, you just don't exist, eh? Which means I don't exist either, right? (Thank God!) So, I did a little digging, and this is what I found. Who was J. Kenfield Morley? J. Kenfield Morley was a Sales Promotion Manager for the Bell & Howell Company, Chicago, Illinois. He wrote the article, "Some Things I Believe" that was printed in the February, 1937 issue of The Rotarian. This quote was not in this article, but there are a multitude of other quotes. Here are a few that seem as relevant today, as they seemed to Mr. Morley some 85 years ago.
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Peter E. GreulichPeter E. has been studying IBM and early American corporate history since his retirement in 2011. These are his thoughts and musings, and of those whose biographies and autobiographies he has read with links to articles and book reviews on this website. Contact the author directly.
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