Arthur Brisbane
Arthur Brisbane
Arthur Brisbanewas one of the best known American newspaper editors of the 20th century as well as a successful real estate investor. He was also a speech writer, orator, and public relations professional who coached many famous business people of his time in the field of public relations, particularly Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and John D. Rockefeller...
eye writing needs
If you don't hit a newspaper reader between the eyes with your first sentence, there is no need of writing a second one.
ideas peg
Hang your idea on a peg that all can read.
hard-work opportunity men
The commonest form, one of the most often neglected, and the safest opportunity for the average man to seize, is hard work.
mirrors newspapers reflecting
A newspaper is a mirror reflecting the public, a mirror more or less defective, but still a mirror.
savages states refusal
The leading characteristic of the savage state is its refusal or avoidance of industry.
teaching men snakes
[St. Patrick] was a terror to any snake that came in his path, whether it was the cold, slimy reptile sliding along the ground or the more dangerous snake that oppresses men through false teachings. And he drove the snakes out of the minds of men, snakes of superstition and brutality and cruelty.
wine thinking iron
Wine is the most noble and beneficial of alcoholic drinks. Wine is for the sedentary whose work is thinking. Natural wines have been used without drunkenness by the millions of human beings for ages. They supply with iron, tannin and vitamins.
writing thinking people
Writing good editorials is chiefly telling the people what they think, not what you think.
education years four
That Edison or Lincoln could have been Edison or Lincoln after four years of Harvard is improbable.
death want foolish
The fence around a cemetery is foolish, for those inside can't come out and those outside don't want to get in.
life gone possibility
Every minute that you save by making it useful, more profitable, is so much added to your life and its possibilities. Every minute lost is a neglected by-product - once gone, you will never get it back.
use thousand
Use a picture. It's worth a thousand words.
time men chance
Among the aimless, unsuccessful or worthless, you often hear talk about 'killing time.' The man who is always killing time is really killing his own chances in life. While the man who is destined to success is the man who makes time live by making it useful.
men littles way
While the fool is enjoying the little he has, I will hunt for more. The way to hunt for more is to utilize your odd moments...the man who is always killing time is really killing his own chances in life.