Real Riches Are The Riches Possessed Inside.

A Magazine Editor Recently Asked Me To Sit Down On My 40th Birthday And Write An Article On The Most Important Things I Had Learned In My First 40 Years. I Told Him That The Chief Thing I Had Learned Was That The Copybook Maxims Are True, But That Too Many People Forget This Once They Go Out Into The Heat And Hustle And Bustle Of The Battle Of Life And Only Realize Their Truth Once One Foot Is Beginning To Slip Into The Grave. The Man Who Has Won Millions At The Cost Of His Conscience Is A Failure.

With All Thy Getting, Get Understanding, Is The Banner Under Which These Forbes Editorials Have Appeared Since The First Issue Of The Publication. We Have No Illusions About What Great Wealth Can Do And What It Cannot Do. We Believe In The Worthwhileness Of Striving By All Worthy Means To Attain Success And To Attain Wealth. Simply Because We Are Convinced That No Amount Of Money Is Worth The Sacrifice Of One's Better Instincts, Of One's Self-respect-of One's Soul, If You Wish-simply Because We Are Convinced That Riches Not Gained Legitimately And Decently Are Not Worth Having.

A Price Has To Be Paid For Success. Almost Invariably Those Who Have Reached The Summits Worked Harder And Longer, Studied And Planned More Assiduously, Practiced More Self- Denial, Overcame More Difficulties Than Those Of Us Who Have Not Risen So Far.

I Have Known Not A Few Men Who, After Reaching The Summits Of Business Success, Found Themselves Miserable On Attaining Retirement Age. They Were So Exclusively Engrossed In Their Day To Day Affairs That They Had No Time For Friend Making.

The Way To Make A True Friend Is To Be One. Friendship Implies Loyalty, Esteem, Cordiality, Sympathy, Affection, Readiness To Aid, To Help, To Stick, To Fight For, If Need Be. ... Radiate Friendship And It Will Return Sevenfold.